1 Peter 2:2
New International Version
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,(A) so that by it you may grow up(B) in your salvation,
1 Peter 2:2
King James Version
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Hebrews 5:12-13
New International Version
12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths(A) of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!(B) 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,(C) is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
Hebrews 5:12-13
King James Version
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
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Ephesians 4:15
New International Version
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,(B) that is, Christ.
Ephesians 4:15
King James Version
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
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2 Peter 3:18
New International Version
18 But grow in the grace(A) and knowledge(B) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(C) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(D)
2 Peter 3:18
King James Version
18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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1 Corinthians 3:1-2
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The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(A) but as people who are still worldly(B)—mere infants(C) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(D) for you were not yet ready for it.(E) Indeed, you are still not ready.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
King James Version
3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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Mark 10:15
New International Version
15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”(A)
Mark 10:15
King James Version
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
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1 Corinthians 14:20
New International Version
20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.
1 Corinthians 14:20
King James Version
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
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Proverbs 4:18
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Proverbs 4:18
King James Version
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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Job 17:9
New International Version
Job 17:9
King James Version
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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Matthew 18:3
New International Version
3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(B)
Matthew 18:3
King James Version
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Thanksgiving and Prayer
3 We ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters,[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(B)
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
King James Version
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
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Ephesians 2:21
New International Version
21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple(A) in the Lord.
Ephesians 2:21
King James Version
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
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Romans 6:4
New International Version
4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(A) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(B) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(C)
Romans 6:4
King James Version
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
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