![]() ![]() James 1:2-4Ĭount it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:5-8įor this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. They are planted in the house of the Lord they flourish in the courts of our God. The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18Īnd we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. Philippians 1:9-11Īnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. Hebrews 5:12-13įor though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. ![]() 2 Peter 3:18īut grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ. Bible Verses about Spiritual Growth – English Standard Version (ESV). ![]()
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