Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
but speaking truthfully in love, we might grow up in all things, into him who is the head, even the Christ,
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till we all come to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature that fully develops the Christ;
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brethren, be not children in understanding: yet, in malice, be childlike; but, in understanding, be full-grown men.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I had the mind of a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But strong food belongs to those who are of mature age, who, by use, have their internal senses exercised to the discerning of both good and evil.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
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