God has provided various means by which believers may grow spiritually.

Philippians 2:13

God supplies the resources for spiritual growth

2 Peter 1:3

See also

John 1:16; 4:14; 15:2,5
1 Corinthians 10:13
2 Corinthians 3:18; 9:10
Galatians 5:22-23
Philippians 1:6
Colossians 2:19
James 1:17; 4:6
Jude 1:24
Philippians 2:12

God's people must make efforts to grow spiritually

2 Peter 1:5-9

See also

Romans 6:19
2 Corinthians 7:1
Galatians 5:16,25
Ephesians 5:15-16; 6:11-13
1 Timothy 4:7; 6:11-12
2 Timothy 1:6
2 Peter 3:14
1 John 3:3
Jude 1:20
Colossians 3:5

Specific means of spiritual growth

See also

Death to self-interest

Matthew 16:24
Romans 6:6,12; 8:13

pp Mk 8:34

Ephesians 4:22

pp Lk 9:23

Colossians 3:9
1 Peter 1:14; 2:11
2 Timothy 3:16-17

See also

The Scriptures

Joshua 1:8
Psalms 19:7-8; 119:9-11
John 17:17
Ephesians 6:17
Colossians 3:16
1 Peter 2:2
1 John 2:14
Matthew 6:13

Prayer

Colossians 4:2

See also

pp Lk 11:4

1 Chronicles 16:11
Matthew 7:11
Matthew 26:41

pp Lk 11:13

John 16:24

pp Mk 14:38

Acts 4:29-31

pp Lk 22:46

Ephesians 6:18
1 Thessalonians 5:17
James 1:5
Hebrews 3:1

See also

Focusing on Jesus Christ

Matthew 11:29
John 13:15
Romans 15:5
Philippians 2:5
Hebrews 12:2-3
1 Peter 2:21
1 John 2:6
Ephesians 3:16-18

The role of the Holy Spirit in spiritual growth

See also

Ephesians 1:13-14,17; 2:19-22
Ephesians 4:11-13

See also

Christian leadership

1 Corinthians 4:16; 11:1
Philippians 1:25; 3:17
Hebrews 13:7,17
1 Peter 5:2-3
Ephesians 6:16

See also

Faith in God

Hebrews 11:6
1 John 5:4
Romans 5:3-4

See also

Suffering and testing

Job 23:10
Psalms 119:67
Zechariah 13:9
Hebrews 12:10-11
1 Peter 1:6-7
James 1:2-4
Hebrews 12:1

See also

Perseverance

Philippians 3:12-14
1 Timothy 4:15
Philippians 4:8

Cultivating wholesome thinking

1 John 3:2

God will bring the spiritual growth of believers to completion

See also

Ephesians 5:25-27
Philippians 1:6
Jude 1:24-25
Revelation 21:2

See also

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