Bible verses about "growth" | Godbey

³³ But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

¹⁰ But he that gives seed to the sower, will also give bread to the eater, and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

⁵ Prove your own selves, if you are in the faith; examine yourselves; whether do you not know yourselves, that Christ Jesus is in you? unless indeed you are reprobates. ⁶ But I hope that you shall know that we are not reprobates. ⁷ But we are praying unto God, that he may do you no evil, not in order that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is good, and we may be as disapproved.

⁹ And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;

² through whom we also have access by faith unto this grace in which we stand, and let us rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but let us also rejoice in tribulation; knowing that tribulation works out endurance; ⁴ and endurance, approval; and approval, hope: ⁵ and hope makes not ashamed; because the divine love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who has been given unto us. ⁶ For we being yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly:

¹ Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

¹² For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food. ¹³ For every one partaking of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe; ¹⁴ but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

¹⁵ Be diligent in these things; give yourself wholly unto them; in order that your progress may be manifest to all.

¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.