Mark 4:27
and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
John 3:7-8
Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
1 Corinthians 15:37-38
And that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
2 Peter 3:18
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.