Quotes About Growth

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each otherís faith.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

perseverance, character; and character, hope.

Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

For we are Godís fellow workers; you are Godís field, Godís building.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.