τέλειο: The Call to Be Made Whole

teleios (tel'-i-os): Perfect, complete, mature, full-grown

This week’s Greek word is teleios, found in Matthew 5:48 where Jesus says, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” But teleios isn’t about flawlessness—it’s about being brought to completion, maturity, or wholeness. Jesus is inviting us to grow into maturity and live with wholehearted love, not to aim for an unreachable standard of perfection. We so often fall for the lie that God wants us to be more, do more, but He longs to make us complete with Himself- not that we try to be more in ourselves!

Want to dig deeper into what teleios really means and how it relates to your everyday walk with Jesus? This is exactly what we’re unpacking on this week’s podcast episode! Whether you’re a Bible nerd or just wondering how following Jesus shapes real life, I think you’ll be encouraged:

🎧Listen to the latest episode here!

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​Scriptures where we find "teleios":

James 1:4 — "so that you may be perfect and complete,"

Romans 12:2 — “acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
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​Colossians 1:28 — "every man complete in Christ."