Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head—Christ.
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
I spoke like a child,
I thought like a child,
I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man,
I put aside childish things.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word
and you have had victory over the evil one.