关于灵性成长的16节圣经经文

The Bible treats spiritual growth as God’s work and as a command to believers. Paul says that “only God” makes things grow (1 Corinthians 3:7), and Peter tells his readers to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). The images come from farming and childhood: Jesus as the vine and his Father as the gardener (John 15:1-5), roots (Colossians 2:7), newborns who crave milk (1 Peter 2:2), and the mature who…