41 Bible Verses about Maturity

till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ ??14 instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error;

Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)

What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

For all those of our number who are mature, this must be the point of view; God will reveal that to any of you who look at things differently.

This is the Christ we proclaim; we train everyone and teach everyone the full scope of this knowledge, in order to set everyone before God mature in Christ;

Let us pass on then to what is mature, leaving elementary Christian doctrine behind, instead of laying the foundation over again with repentance from dead works, with faith in God,

he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil;

Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food.

We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,

only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man.

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, salutes you ??a servant of Christ Jesus who is always earnest in prayer for you, that you may stand firm like mature and convinced Christians, whatever be the will of God for you.

Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.

Now brothers, goodbye; mend your ways, listen to what I have told you, live in harmony, keep the peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.

I fed you with milk, not with solid food. You were not able for solid food, and you are not able even now;

sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance;

I am glad to be weak if you are strong; mend your ways, that is all I ask.

then Desire conceives and breeds Sin, while Sin matures and gives birth to Death.

(For the earth bears crops by itself, the blade first, the ear of corn next, and then the grain full in the ear.)

As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen.

we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

(For anyone who is fed on milk is unskilled in moral truth; he is a mere babe.

With God's permission, we will take this step.

You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

fathers, I have written to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and the word of God remains within you, and you have conquered the evil One.

And above all you must be loving, for love is the link of the perfect life.

so that instead of being slack you may imitate those who inherit the promises by their stedfast faith.

Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

endurance produces character, and character produces hope ??5 a hope which never disappoints us, since God's love floods our hearts through the holy Spirit which has been given to us.

O my dear children, you with whom I am in travail over again till Christ be formed within you,

so to order it in the fulness of the ages that all things in heaven and earth alike should be gathered up in Christ ??11 in the Christ in whom we have had our heritage allotted us (as was decreed in the design of him who carries out everything according to the counsel of his will),

That was why the man's parents said, "He is of age, ask himself.")

Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his scruples.

but in church I would rather say five words with my own mind for the instruction of other people than ten thousand words in a 'tongue.'