13 Bible Verses about Spiritual Immaturity

And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing, for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food, for every one who is partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,read more.
and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

And I say, so long time as the heir is a babe, he differeth nothing from a servant -- being lord of all,

but is under tutors and stewards till the time appointed of the father,

so also we, when we were babes, under the elements of the world were in servitude,

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

for yet ye are fleshly, for where there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

I have known thy works; lo, I have set before thee a door -- opened, and no one is able to shut it, because thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name;