Thematic Bible
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Babes » Figurative » Of weak Christians
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.
For everyone who partakes of milk [is] unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Children » Figurative
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » General references to
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
Desires » What to desire
Pursue love, and strive for spiritual [gifts], but especially that you may prophesy.
Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually}, and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues. Not all [are] apostles, [are they]? Not all [are] prophets, [are they]? Not all [are] teachers, [are they]? Not all [are workers of] miracles, [are they]? read more.
Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]? But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]? But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
spiritual Development » Spiritual growth, encouraged » Through "the word"
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Envy » Hinders growth in grace
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Grace of God » Growth in
convinced of this same [thing], that the one who began a good work in you will finish [it] until the day of Christ Jesus,
night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?
and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.
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.
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
They go from strength to strength, [until each] appears before God in Zion.
And this I pray: that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is superior, in order that you may be sincere and blameless in the day of Christ, having been filled [with the] fruit of righteousness which [comes] through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already received [this], or [have] already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of [that] for which also I was laid hold of by Christ. Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of [it]. But [I do] one [thing], forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Therefore as many as [are] perfect, {let us hold this opinion}, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.
Therefore as many as [are] perfect, {let us hold this opinion}, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.
so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God, enabled with all power, according to his glorious might, for all steadfastness and patience with joy,
and [may] the Lord [cause] you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we [do] for you, so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God permits.
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, if you have tasted that the Lord [is] kind,
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Through "the word"
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Hunger » Select readings ps 42; 84 » General references to
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
Hunger » Spiritual
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
For if you cry out for understanding, [if] you lift your voice for insight, if you seek her like silver and search her out {like treasure}, then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find.
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price! Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh! And they will wander from sea to sea and from [the] north and to [the] east. They will roam about to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find [it]! In that day the beautiful young women and the young men will faint because of thirst.
spiritual Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual life » Seek to grow in
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
Malice » A hindrance to growth in grace
Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Milk » Figuratite
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,
And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of [the] Egyptians and to bring them up from this land to a good and wide land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
And I said, "I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey." '
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
in order to keep the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as [it is] this day." '" Then I answered and said, "{Let it be so}, O Yahweh."
"Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat, and come, buy without money, wine and milk without price!
And they told him, "We came to the land that you sent us, and it [is] flowing of milk and honey; this [is] its fruit.
And you gave to them this land, which you swore to their ancestors to give to them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
And you shall suck [the] milk of nations, and suck [the] breast of kings, and you shall know that I [am] Yahweh your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way."
And it will happen on that day; the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will flow with water. A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth, and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.
Look down from the dwelling place of your holiness, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land that you have given to us, as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.'
On that day {I swore} to them to bring them out from the land of Egypt to [the] land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey--it [is the most] beautiful of all of the lands.
And when Yahweh brings you to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites--which he swore to your ancestors to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey--you will perform this service in this month.
And he brought us to this place and gave to us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food. For everyone who partakes of milk [is] unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.
Milk » Illustrative of » First principles of God's word
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Names » Of the word of God » Word
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness 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
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.
holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.
New Birth » All saints partake of
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.
The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].
Righteous » Compared with » Babies
At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
compared to Saints » Babes
At that time Jesus answered [and] said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these [things] from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
The scriptures » Are called the » Word
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at {his own face} in a mirror,
The scriptures » Designed for » Promoting growth in grace
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Simplicity » Childlikeness an essential element in the Christian life
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."
But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.
Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child [is] my soul with me.
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
Simplicity » Exhortation to
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
For [the report of] your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what [is] good, but innocent toward what [is] evil.
Sincerity » A characteristic of the doctrines of the gospel
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Sincerity » Characteristic of » The gospel
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Hunger select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Ps 42; 84
One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.
Whom do I have in the heavens [except you]? And with you I have no [other] desire on earth.
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
O God, you [are] my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you [as] in a dry and weary land without water.
O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Spiritual » Encouraged » Through "the word"
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Food for the soul
How smooth [are] your words to my palate, more than honey in my mouth.
And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and [then] he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all [that] goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
But he answered [and] said, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God."
[From] the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
Your words were found and I ate them, and your words became to me as jubilation, even as the joy of my heart, for your name is called on me, Yahweh God of hosts.
And you, son of man, hear what I [am] speaking to you: you must not be rebellious like [the] house of rebellion. Open your mouth and eat what I [am] giving to you."
And he said to me, "Son of man, what you find, eat! Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel."
The word of God » Called » The word
like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at {his own face} in a mirror,