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I. THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.

1. Intellectual.

2. Emotional.

3. Moral.

4. Harmonious.

II. THE OBSTACLES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

1. They arise from the necessary limitations of our nature.

2. They arise from indwelling sin.

3. They arise from the influence of the world.

4. They arise from the power of temptation.

(G. Brooks.)

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KJV: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

WEB: until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;