3 Bible Verses about Immaturity
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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things.
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Immaturity » Who is immature
AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ. And I have given you milk to drink, and not meat: for hitherto ye have not been capable of it, yea, even to the present moment ye are not capable of it. For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as [other] men?
Concerning whom we have much to discourse, and of difficult interpretation to explain, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For though ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are become as those who need milk, and not solid food. For every one who useth milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness: for he is an infant.
Immaturity » The time when you are immature
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I grew a man, I put away childish things. For now we see by reflected light, indistinctly; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then shall I know even as I am known.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Inability to receive strong doctrine
Brethren, be not children in your minds: though in naughtiness be ye children, but in your minds be men complete.
AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ. And I have given you milk to drink, and not meat: for hitherto ye have not been capable of it, yea, even to the present moment ye are not capable of it.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Necessity for tutelage
So we also, when we were infants, were in bondage under the first elementary principles of the world:
NOW I affirm, that as long as the heir is an infant, he differeth nothing from a servant, though he be master of all; but is under tutors and trustees until the time fixed by his father.
Spiritual » Immaturity » Continuance in the primary department
For though ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are become as those who need milk, and not solid food.
as new-born babes desire earnestly the unadulterated milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Spiritual » Immaturity » Instability of faith
that we should be no longer infants, floating on the waves, and carried about with every wind of novel doctrine, by the juggling of men, by their craftiness after the delusive wiles of error;
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Spiritual Immaturity
1 Corinthians 3:1AND I, brethren, have been unable to speak to you as unto spiritual men, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.