As part of the apostle Paul's closing of his Colossian letter, he says, "Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God." Colossians 4:12

Let's see what Scripture tells us of 'perfect and complete'--- Jesus speaking in the Sermon on the Mount tells us, not only are we to love our neighbor, but we are to love our enemy as well and He tells us why. He then says, "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."
Matthew 5:48 (Read Vs. 43-48)

Of His love, in Ephesians 5:1-2 we see,
"Therefore be followers of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us."

These are some of the elements of perfection,
Benevolence:
To the rich young ruler,
"Jesus said to him, 'if you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.'"  Matthew 19:21

Love:
"But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection."
Colossians 3:14

Good works and faith:
"Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?" James 3:21-22

Control of the tongue:
"We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check." James 3:2

Obedience:
"But whoever keeps His (Jesus) word. Truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him." 1 John 2:5

As Believers we must strive for this perfection/completeness as Epaphras'
fervent prays for the Colossians and Scripture indicates :
"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, 'I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.'" Genesis 17:1

"Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you."
2 Corinthians 13:11

When speaking of the reason for the spiritual gifts, Paul tells us, "For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." Ephesians 4:12-13

Paul tells us in Colossians 1:28,
"Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus."

The writer of Hebrews urges Believers to move on to maturity having already laid the foundation of Christ. (Isn't the relaying of the foundation again and again, not moving on, the problem of many churches today?) "Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God." Hebrews 6:1 (Read Vs. 2 and 3)

James 1:2-4 is a special portion of Scripture for us, it speaks of the work of trials and testing with Vs. 4 giving the reason for them:
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."

I close with 2 Peter 3:18,
"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen."