Spiritual Maturity: Growing in Christ and Bearing Lasting Fruit

GALATIANS 6:7-9

Galatians 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:8: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Galatians 6:9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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ROMANS 14:19

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. ...

JAMES 1:22-25

James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James 1:23: For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James 1:24: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
James 1:25: But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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MATTHEW 28:19-20

Matthew 28:19: # Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:20: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
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ROMANS 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; ...

1 JOHN 3:2-3

1 John 3:2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:3: And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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1 JOHN 2:6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. ...

GALATIANS 5:25

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. ...

PHILIPPIANS 1:6

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ: ...

1 TIMOTHY 4:7-8

1 Timothy 4:7: But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.
1 Timothy 4:8: For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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