The Biblical word “perfect” (teleios) normally means fully grown, mature. Unfortunately, too often modern man, in reading Scripture, misunderstands it to mean sinless, thus giving it a different meaning. In politics, too, the word has been misunderstood. When the preamble to the U.S. Constitution speaks of “a more perfect union,” it refers to a more mature union, not a flawless, sinless estate.
This false demand for perfection is a product of sin.
This false demand for perfection is a product of sin.