Mark 4:27
and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know.
John 3:7-8
Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above.
1 Corinthians 15:37-38
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but naked grain, if it may happen to be of wheat, or of some one of the other grains;
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as it is worthy, because your faith increases, and the divine love of each one of you all towards one another abounds more and more;
2 Peter 3:18
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.