'Growing' in the Bible

You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.

And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

So the church throughout Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace [without persecution], being built up [in wisdom, virtue, and faith]; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort and encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to grow [in numbers].

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.

So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

And, without growing weak in faith, he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed--for he was nearly 100 years old--and Sarah's barrenness.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, but God, who keeps everything growing, is the one who matters.

And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

You fool! Every time you plant seed you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up and growing] unless it first dies.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

not boasting {beyond limits} in the labors of others, but having hope [that as] your faith is growing to be enlarged greatly by you according to our assignment,

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

The whole building, being put together by Him, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord.

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into a mature man with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

that has come to you. It is bearing fruit and growing all over the world, just as it has among you since the day you heard it and recognized God’s grace in the truth.

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing holiness, with habitual self-restraint.

Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.

When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!