Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But that you, speaking the truth in love, may in all things grow up to Him who is the Head, even Christ;
And this until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers, do not be children in your minds, but in malice be like infants, and in your minds be mature.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was an infant, I spoke as an infant, I thought as an infant, I reasoned as an infant. But when I became a man, I did away with the things of an infant.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, even those who because of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who 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 evil one.