Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself.
And this shall continue, until we all attain to that unity which is given by faith and by a fuller knowledge of the Son of God; until we reach the ideal man--the full standard of the perfection of the Christ.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I talked as a child, I felt as a child, I reasoned as a child; now that I am a man, I have done with childish ways.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But 'solid food' is for Christians of mature faith--those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish right from wrong.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I write, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I write, Young Men, to you, because you are strong, and God's Message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the Evil One.