Thematic Bible: Maturity how secured
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By striving after the Christ ideal
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By cultivating the understanding
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By putting away childish things
When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By partaking of the deeper truths of the gospel
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
Spiritual » Maturity how secured » By overcoming temptation
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.