Quotes about Growth
They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
— Galatians 1:23
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
— Galatians 4:19
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
— Galatians 5:9
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
— Ephesians 2:21
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
— Ephesians 4:13
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
— Ephesians 4:14
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
— Ephesians 4:15
From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
— Ephesians 4:16
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
— Ephesians 4:22
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
— Philippians 3:12
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
— Philippians 3:13
All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
— Philippians 3:15