Spiritual growth is a vital aspect of the Christian life, as believers are called to mature in their faith and relationship with God. According to 2 Peter 3:18, this growth occurs as we continue to learn and apply God's Word, while 1 Peter 2:2 encourages new believers to crave spiritual nourishment like infants longing for milk. The apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15 that speaking the truth in love helps believers grow up into Christ, who is the head of the church, which is being built up in love, as described in Ephesians 2:21. As we mature, we put away childish things, as noted in 1 Corinthians 13:11, and strive for unity and maturity in the body of Christ.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.