Philippians 1:9

Prayer For Spiritual Maturity

⁸ God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus. ⁹ And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ,

Pray for

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you;

Colossians 1:9

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

Colossians 3:10

And clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed 'in resemblance to him who made it.'

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

2 Peter 1:5-6

Yes, and for this very reason do your best to supplement your faith by goodness, goodness by knowledge,

2 Corinthians 8:7

And, remembering how you excel in everything--in faith, in teaching, in knowledge, in unfailing earnestness, and in the affection that we have awakened in you--I ask you to excel also in this expression of your love.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

As to love for the Brethren there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 3:15-16

Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

Hebrews 5:14

But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.

2 Peter 3:18

and advance in the love and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All glory be to him now and for ever.

Matthew 13:31-33

Another parable which he told them was this-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.