27 Bible Verses about Change And Growth

which is not only come to you, but to all the world; where it produces its effects, and increases, as it does also among you, ever since you sincerely embrac'd the divine favour,

who by all his sollicitude can add one moment to his age?

but as we lay aside the veil, the divine light gradually informs the mind, according as we attend to that spiritual sense, which points out the Lord.

and probation, hope:

that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge:

Brethren, be not childish in understanding: be as innocent as babes, but use your understanding like men.

that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit:

they shall perish, but thou shalt remain: and they all shall come to an end like an old garment;

which is without any mixture, and will make you thrive. Since you have tasted how good the Lord is,

Let us therefore, who have been instructed, have this in view: and if you are sollicitous about any thing else, God will reveal even that unto you.

but all do not obey the gospel. for Esaias saith, "Lord, who hath believed our report?"

being firmly attach'd to, and founded upon him: establishing yourselves in the faith you have been taught, and being thankful for the improvement you make therein.

may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.

foolish as you are, the grain you sow, is not revived except it die.

he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches: to him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man understands, except he that receives it."

now he that is disciplined like a child, is not prepared for the doctrine of justification:

For this cause, ever since we heard of it, we incessantly pray for you, requesting that you may be endued with respect to the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual discernment:

and not only so, but we triumph in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation;

who by his spirit has likewise made you a part of this divine mansion.

on the contrary, may you increase in the favour, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! to him be glory both now and for ever. AMEN.

to quit the vicious habits of your former conversation, corrupted by deceitful passions:

This then is the commission we have from him, to declare unto you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

amen. for this cause God gave them up to infamous passions: for even the sex perverted the instinct of nature:

and whatever you sow, you don't sow that body which shall afterwards appear, but only the bare grain of wheat, for instance, or of some other grain.

for you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

and the genuine offspring of sin is death.