teleios

What it means

From telos, "goal" or "end": something that has reached its purpose. It means whole, mature, or fully grown more than flawless. When Jesus tells the young man "if you want to be complete," he's talking about wholeness of devotion, not a score.

Range of meaning

• CompleteLacking nothing, whole.
• MatureFully grown, as opposed to a child.
• PerfectWithout flaw, in the older English sense.

In Matthew

• Chapter 19

  "If you want to be complete" (19:21).