Philippians 1:9

Prayer For Spiritual Maturity

⁸ For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. ⁹ And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight ¹⁰ so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

Pray for

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

Colossians 1:9

For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Colossians 3:10

and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

1 Peter 1:22

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

2 Peter 1:5-6

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

2 Corinthians 8:7

But as you excel in everything -- in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you -- make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

Job 17:9

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

Ephesians 5:17

For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 3:15-16

Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Matthew 13:31-33

He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.