Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
PERFECTION. That which is entire and complete in all its parts, without defect or blemish, is perfect. Thus even the most insignificant thing can be perfect - perfect in its kind; and, although perfection can never raise a thing above its kind, it nevertheless confers on it the highest value which it ever can reach.
When Christ says, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," Matt 5:48, the meaning is not that we should be perfect as God, but simply that we should realize all the possibilities which are involved in our nature and conditions as his children - that is, we should be entire in our faith and without blemish in our love.
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