Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
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until we all reach the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to a measure of the maturity of the fullness of Christ,
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
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.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.
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Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
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