42 Bible Verses about Maturity

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to become mature, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their sense trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of all the estate;

Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;

Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Epaphras, who is one of your number, a servant of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; be infants in evil, but in thinking be mature.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

I gave you milk, not solid food; for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, even now you are not ready,

for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your perfection.

Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is full-grown, it brings forth death.

All by itself the earth produces grainfirst the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into him, who is the head, into Christ,

to equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ;

for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.

And this we will do, if God permits.

You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.

as a plan for the fullness of the times, to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth. In him

Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

As for the man who is weak in faith, accept him, but not for disputes over opinions.

but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.