new-born.

1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Matthew 18:3
"Truly I tell you, " He said, "unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:15
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

Romans 6:4
We therefore were buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 3:1
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly--as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

the sincere.

Psalm 19:7-10
The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,

Hebrews 5:12, 13
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! . . .

grow.

2 Samuel 23:5
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

Job 17:9
Yet the righteous will hold to his way, and the one with clean hands will grow stronger.

Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Hosea 6:3
So let us know--let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Hosea 14:5, 7
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. . . .

Malachi 4:2
"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Ephesians 2:21
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

Ephesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

2 Peter 3:18
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.