47 Bible Verses about Maturity

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,

But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have trained their faculties for the distinguishing of both good and evil.

Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

Therefore as many as [are] perfect, {let us hold this opinion}, and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you.

whom we proclaim, [by] admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, in order that we may present every person mature in Christ,

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

not newly converted, lest he become conceited [and] fall into the condemnation of the devil.

For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,

And let endurance have [its] perfect effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and [with] people.

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Brothers, do not become children in [your] understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in [your] understanding be mature.

For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.

Finally, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, {be in agreement}, be at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able [to eat it]. But now you are still not able,

[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong, and we pray for this: your maturity.

Then desire, [after it] has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, [when it] is brought to completion, gives birth to death.

By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head.

And the [seed] that fell into the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear and [as they] go along are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear fruit to maturity.

I thought, 'Let days speak, and let many years teach wisdom.'

But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

For everyone who partakes of milk [is] unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

And this we will do, if God permits.

Therefore you be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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.

And to all these [things] [add] love, which is [the] bond of perfection.

In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.

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

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

from {thirty years old} and above, up to {fifty years old}, everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly.

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

and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

{We have a little sister}, {and she does not yet have any breasts}. What should we do for our sister {on the day when she is betrothed}?

My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!

so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.

for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him

Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")

Now receive the one who is weak in faith, [but] not for quarrels about opinions.

Grow up; I will make you like a plant of the field." And you grew up, and you became tall and {reached full womanhood}. [Your] breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you [were] naked and bare.

but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.