18 Bible Verses about Spiritual Maturity

Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself.

Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the teaching of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And we will do this, if God may permit.

When I was an infant, I talked like an infant, I thought like an infant, I reasoned like an infant: when I became a man, I put away the things of the infant.

until we may all come into the unity of the faith, and of the perfect knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the likeness of the fulness of Christ:

but speaking the truth in divine love, let its grow up in him in all things, who is the head, Christ;

but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

I have written unto you, fathers, because you have known him from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, holiness; against such things there is no law.

Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God.

until we may all come into the unity of the faith, and of the perfect knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, into the measure of the likeness of the fulness of Christ: in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion; but speaking the truth in divine love, let its grow up in him in all things, who is the head, Christ;

But you did not so learn Christ: if indeed ye have heard him, and been taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus: that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;read more.
and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him, having been rooted and grounded in him, and confirmed in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

lie not to one another, having laid aside the old man with his habits, and having put on the new man, who is renewed into perfect knowledge according to the image of him who created him:

For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food. For every one partaking of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe; but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the teaching of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Therefore having laid aside all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all calumniations; like newly born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, in order that you may grow thereby unto salvation: if you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Then you, beloved, foreknowing watch, lest, having been led away by the delusion of the ungodly, you may fall from your own stedfastness: but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.