Growing In Knowledge

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

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who 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 yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

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

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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 don’t have love, I am nothing.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

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

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

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will 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, nor turning shadow.

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

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing. — read the full passage →

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’”

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? — read the full passage →

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

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

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, 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.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

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

Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. — read the full passage →

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 →

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Yes most certainly, 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 count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ — read the full passage →

Yes most certainly, 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 count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

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

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

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

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with 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 in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →

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

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.

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

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

For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;