Growing In Knowledge

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that dohis commandments: His praise endureth for ever.

As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. — read the full passage →

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. — read the full passage →

prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.

So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. — read the full passage →

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. — read the full passage →

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:

What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, — read the full passage →

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

(for we walk by faith, not by sight);

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For no word from God shall be void of power.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

This is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. — read the full passage →

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

And he that overcometh, and he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. — read the full passage →

for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;