Bible Verses About Christian Maturity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for christian maturity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 798 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 13:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Christian Maturity
1 Corinthians 13:11144 votes
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Hebrews 5:12-1487 votes
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
1 Corinthians 14:2073 votes
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
James 1:2258 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Luke 8:1447 votes
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Ephesians 4:11-1447 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Peter 2:236 votes
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Psalms 119:10535 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Colossians 1:9-1235 votes
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
John 3:19-2129 votes
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Philippians 3:1529 votes
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
Romans 12:223 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Malachi 2:1522 votes
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
John 20:3117 votes
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
James 1:415 votes
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
1 Corinthians 2:614 votes
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Colossians 3:1714 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
1 Peter 2:914 votes
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Corinthians 3:1-2313 votes
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Galatians 4:1913 votes
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Luke 2:5212 votes
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke 12:4811 votes
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Romans 3:1-9:3310 votes
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
What does the Bible say about christian maturity?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 13:11 on the subject of christian maturity. Across 798 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 5:12-14, 1 Corinthians 14:20, James 1:22. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.