Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves and to the whole flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-12
And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers;
John 10:1-5
Verily, verily I say to you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
John 21:15-17
When they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these do? He saith to him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee.
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his housoold, to give the allowance of food in due season?
1 Corinthians 2:6
Yet we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: but not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery,
1 Corinthians 2:12-13
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which are freely given to us of God.
Hebrews 5:12-14
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again, which are the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat.
1 Peter 2:2
and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1 Peter 5:1-4
The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and likewise a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed,