Definition

Co-Perfections are distinct yet inseparable perfections of the one undivided God that Scripture simultaneously and positively affirms within the same theological or redemptive structure.

They do not compete, restrain, correct, or compensate for one another. God does not become loving by becoming less holy, merciful by becoming less just, or faithful by surrendering His freedom. Every divine perfection is fully and harmoniously expressed in all that God is and does.

God is wholly and simultaneously all that He reveals Himself to be.

Theological Foundation

God Is One and Undivided

Scripture confesses one God:

God is not composed of competing parts or alternating attributes. His holiness, love, justice, mercy, wisdom, power, and faithfulness belong to His one undivided being.

God’s Perfections Are Distinct but Inseparable

Scripture speaks distinctly of God’s attributes. Holiness is not identical to love, nor justice to mercy. Yet God never exercises one perfection by suspending another.

The proper relation is:

Distinction without division; unity without confusion.

The Cross Is the Climactic Revelation of Co-Perfection

At the cross: