Ephesians 4:15

Gifted Leaders Bring The Church To Maturity

¹⁴ Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray. ¹⁵ Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah, ¹⁶ in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

All Things

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Messiah

Ephesians 1:22

God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church,

Zechariah 8:16

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

Ephesians 2:21

In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord.

Psalm 32:2

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.

1 John 3:18

Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.

Judges 16:15

Some time later, she asked him, "How can you keep saying "I love you!' when your heart isn't with me? These three times you've lied to me and haven't told me where your great strength lies."

Hosea 14:5-7

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

Malachi 4:2

But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

Romans 12:9

Your love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not commanding you but testing the genuineness of your love by the enthusiasm of others.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.

Colossians 1:18-19

He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.

James 2:15-16

Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

2 Peter 3:18

Instead, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah. Glory belongs to him both now and on that eternal day! Amen.