Bible Verses About Imperfection
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for imperfection, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,398 votes, led by Romans 2:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Imperfection
Romans 2:193 votes
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
1 John 1:990 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ephesians 2:885 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Romans 5:875 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Matthew 5:4862 votes
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Ephesians 2:8-957 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
1 John 4:1257 votes
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hebrews 4:1552 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Titus 3:542 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Romans 3:2338 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Genesis 1:2736 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
John 10:1033 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
James 3:233 votes
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Ecclesiastes 7:2031 votes
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Philippians 3:1230 votes
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 59:228 votes
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
John 3:1627 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Philippians 4:1326 votes
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
James 1:526 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
1 Timothy 2:525 votes
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Proverbs 14:1223 votes
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Hebrews 10:1420 votes
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Psalms 120:119 votes
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
Isaiah 53:618 votes
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Galatians 6:117 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
What does the Bible say about imperfection?
Readers most often cite Romans 2:1 on the subject of imperfection. Across 1,398 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 1:9, Ephesians 2:8, Romans 5:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.