Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as carnal men, as infants in Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
John 10:1-5
"Truly, truly, I say to you, the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 21:15-17
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.
1 Corinthians 2:12-13
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand the things freely given to us by God.
Hebrews 5:12-14
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;
1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
1 Peter 5:1-4
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed,