Growth

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

Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

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,

For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. — read the full passage →

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

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

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. — read the full passage →

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

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

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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.

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, — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. — read the full passage →

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;

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

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

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 →

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

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,

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

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.

Command and teach these things. — read the full passage →

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment; — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — 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. — read the full passage →

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

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again. — read the full passage →

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.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, — read the full passage →

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.

so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;

Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Command and teach these things.

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

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.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

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; — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. — read the full passage →

But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. — read the full passage →

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. — read the full passage →

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them. — read the full passage →

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!” God granted him that which he requested.

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — read the full passage →

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me. — read the full passage →

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

I don’t receive glory from men. — read the full passage →

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. — read the full passage →

He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed, — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. — read the full passage →

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” — read the full passage →

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away. — read the full passage →

Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. — read the full passage →

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth. — read the full passage →

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. — read the full passage →

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God. — read the full passage →

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. — read the full passage →

Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. — read the full passage →

But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. — read the full passage →

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. — read the full passage →

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down. — read the full passage →

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? — read the full passage →

Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, — read the full passage →

He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? — read the full passage →

who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.