19 Bible Verses about Growth In Grace
Most Relevant Verses
But God's free gift is not at all to be compared with the offense. For if by one man's offense the whole race of men have died, to a much greater degree God's favor and His gift imparted by His favor through the one man Jesus Christ, has overflowed for the whole race of men.
Then law crept in to multiply the offense. Though sin has multiplied, yet God's favor has surpassed it and overflowed,
What is our conclusion then? Are we to continue to sin for His unmerited favor to multiply?
So if we have already been brought into right standing with God by Christ's death, it is much more certain that by Him we shall be saved from God's wrath.
For if while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is much more certain that since we have been reconciled we shall finally be saved through His new life.
For if by one man's offense death reigned through that one, to a much greater degree will those who continue to receive the overflow of His unmerited favor and His gift of right standing with Himself, reign in real life through One, Jesus Christ.
and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
but instead, you must continue to grow in the spiritual strength and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now and forever!
But, on the other hand, we shall go on holding to the truth and in love growing up into perfect union with Him, that is, Christ Himself who is the Head.
Now, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the face of our union with the Lord Jesus, as you once received from us how you ought to live so as to please God -- as indeed you are living -- to continue to live this life better and better.
so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord to His full satisfaction, by perennially bearing fruit in every good enterprise and by a steady growth in fuller knowledge of God;
I am not going too far in my boasting, and actually boasting of other men's labors, but I am cherishing the hope that your faith may so continue to grow that through you my work within my sphere may be so enlarged as to run over,
We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing
Now since I am certain of this, I know that I shall stay on and stay by you all to promote the progress of your faith
May the Lord make you increase and overflow in love for one another and for all men, as my love for you does,
as you are practicing it toward all the brothers all over Macedonia. We beg you, brothers, to continue to live better and better;
who will not receive in return many times more in this world, and in the next eternal life."
