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Babes » Figurative » Of weak Christians
a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth,
And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.
For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Children » Figurative
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, but when I became a man, I abolished the childish things.
Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And LORD gave them rest round about.
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Desires » What to desire
Pursue love, and be zealous for the spiritual things, but more that ye may prophesy.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and body-parts individually. And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles? read more.
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But be zealous for the better gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But be zealous for the better gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it, if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.
spiritual Development » Spiritual growth, encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Envy » Hinders growth in grace
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Grace of God » Growth in
Being confident of this same thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?
and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
We are indebted to thank God always about you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith is increasing greatly, and the love of each one of you all toward each other abounds.
They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ, having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead, I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
As many therefore as are perfect should think this way. And if ye think anything differently, this also God will reveal to you.
As many therefore as are perfect should think this way. And if ye think anything differently, this also God will reveal to you.
For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward each other, and toward all men, just as also we toward you, in order to establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his sanctified.
Therefore having left the word of the primacy of Christ, let us be brought forward to perfection, not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of doctrine of washings, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do, if of course God will permit.
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it, if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is excellent.
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And LORD gave them rest round about.
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Hunger » Spiritual
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding, if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Behold, the days come, says lord LORD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of LORD. And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east. They shall run to and fro to seek the word of LORD, and shall not find it. In that day the fair virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.
spiritual Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Spiritual life » Seek to grow in
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
But being truthful in love, we may cause all things to grow for him who is the head--the Christ--
Malice » A hindrance to growth in grace
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Milk » Figuratite
I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the A
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then I answered, and said, Amen, O LORD.
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.
and gave them this land, which thou swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Thou shall also suck the milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast of kings. And thou shall know that I, LORD, am thy Savior, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
to a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee on the way.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters. And a fountain shall come forth from the house of LORD, a
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou have given us, as thou swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
I swore to them in that day, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
And it shall be, when LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that th
And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.
Milk » Illustrative of » First principles of God's word
I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,
For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Names » Of the word of God » Word
Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
Verse Concepts
Fellowship, Among BelieversAttending ChurchCommitment, to God's peopleequipping, spiritualencouragement, examples ofJoy In WorshipBehaviourChallengesTeachersHeart, And Holy SpiritHymnsMusicPraise, Manner And Methods OfRebukeSanctification, Means And ResultsScripture, Purpose OfSongsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfSpiritualityTeachingWisdom, Human Importance
Wisdom, Source Of HumanWorship, Elements OfGrowing SpirituallyPraise, Should Be Offered ByBible, Names OfAdmonition, Of ChristiansAdmonition, WarningTeaching WisdomBible MemorizationApplying The BibleAcquiring WisdomReceiving God's WordTeaching In The ChurchThank God!Memorizing ScriptureThankfulness To OthersBeing Thankful For BlessingsGrateful HeartThanksgiving And Gratitudeoutreachgirlfriends
Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, an irreproachable workman, correctly traversing the word of truth.
Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
New Birth » All saints partake of
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.
The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God. And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.
Righteous » Compared with » Babies
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
compared to Saints » Babes
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
The scriptures » Are called the » Word
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.
The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Simplicity » Childlikeness an essential element in the Christian life
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, he will, no, not enter it.
But having summoned them, Jesus said, Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child with his mother. Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.
Simplicity » Exhortation to
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.
Sincerity » A characteristic of the doctrines of the gospel
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Sincerity » Characteristic of » The gospel
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And LORD gave them rest round about.
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One thing I have asked of LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath. For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them. And LORD gave them rest round about.
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Food for the soul
How sweet are thy words to my taste, than honey to my mouth!
And he humbled thee, and allowed thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proce
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.
But thou, son of man, hear what I say to thee. Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house. Open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.
And he said to me, Son of man, eat that which thou find. Eat this roll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
The word of God » Called » The word
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Therefore having put off all filthiness and profusion of evil, receive with mildness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.