15 Therefore let us, as many as are (A)mature, (B)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, (C)God will reveal even this to you.

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Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature(A) should take such a view of things.(B) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(C)

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10 I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

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10 I am confident(A) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(B) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(C) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.

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17 (A)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

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17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(A) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

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Spiritual Wisdom

However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

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God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(A) but not the wisdom of this age(B) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(C)

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Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,
(A)If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
(B)Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.
(C)For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

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indeed, if you call out for insight(A)
    and cry aloud for understanding,
and if you look for it as for silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasure,(B)
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.(C)
For the Lord gives wisdom;(D)
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.(E)

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But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and (C)it will be given to him.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:4 mature

Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(A) and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God,(B) who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.(C)

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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always (B)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand (C)perfect and [a]complete in all the will of God.

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  1. Colossians 4:12 NU fully assured

12 Epaphras,(A) who is one of you(B) and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,(C) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature(D) and fully assured.

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Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already (A)attained,[a] or am already (B)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [b]apprehended; but one thing I do, (C)forgetting those things which are behind and (D)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (E)I press toward the goal for the prize of (F)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:12 obtained it
  2. Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(A) but I press on to take hold(B) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(C) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(D) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(E) toward the goal to win the prize(F) for which God has called(G) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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48 (A)Therefore you shall be perfect, just (B)as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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A (A)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
(B)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.

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And a highway(A) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;(B)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean(C) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.

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14 But solid food belongs to those who are [a]of full age, that is, those who by reason of [b]use have their senses exercised (A)to discern both good and evil.

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  1. Hebrews 5:14 mature
  2. Hebrews 5:14 practice

14 But solid food is for the mature,(A) who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.(B)

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28 Him we preach, (A)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, (B)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing(A) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,(B) so that we may present everyone fully mature(C) in Christ.

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Tongues a Sign to Unbelievers

20 Brethren, (A)do not be children in understanding; however, in malice (B)be babes, but in understanding be mature.

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20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children.(A) In regard to evil be infants,(B) but in your thinking be adults.

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