In his closing remarks to the Corinthians, Paul gives some encouraging words.  The King James says, ‘be perfect.’  The Amplified Bible expands that to say, ‘be strengthened, perfected, completed, made what you ought to be.’

As God perfects His work in us we will become what we ought to be.  We will be all that He has planned and destined for us to be.  He says to "Be" perfect, "Be" of good comfort etc...  The fact that he says to "be" these things means that we have control and choice in the matter.  He wouldn’t say to "be" or "do" something if it was something that was beyond our control.

We can’t make ourselves perfect but we can receive what Jesus Christ has done for us.  We can allow Him to do His work in us.  We can receive His comfort.   We can choose to be agreeable and live in peace and as we do the God of love and peace will be with us.

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