Ephesians 4:13

God's Word

This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God’s Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:11

He will see and be satisfied because of his suffering. My righteous servant will acquit many people because of what he has learned ⌞through suffering⌟. He will carry their sins as a burden.

Zephaniah 3:9

“Then I will give all people pure lips to worship the Lord and to serve him with one purpose.

Zechariah 14:9

The Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be the only Lord and his name the only name.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

John 1:16

Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you because they haven’t known the Father or me.

John 17:21

I pray that all of these people continue to have unity in the way that you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they may be united with us so that the world will believe that you have sent me.

John 17:3

This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 6:69

Besides, we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

Acts 4:32

The whole group of believers lived in harmony. No one called any of his possessions his own. Instead, they shared everything.

1 Corinthians 1:10

Brothers and sisters, I encourage all of you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to agree with each other and not to split into opposing groups. I want you to be united in your understanding and opinions.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, don’t think like children. When it comes to evil, be like babies, but think like mature people.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, we do use wisdom to speak to those who are mature. It is a wisdom that doesn’t belong to this world or to the rulers of this world who are in power today and gone tomorrow.

2 Corinthians 4:6

We are his servants because the same God who said that light should shine out of darkness has given us light. For that reason we bring to light the knowledge about God’s glory which shines from Christ’s face.

Galatians 4:19

My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until Christ is formed in you.

Ephesians 1:17

I pray that the glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Christ better.

Ephesians 1:23

The church is Christ’s body and completes him as he fills everything in every way.

Ephesians 2:15

He brought an end to the commandments and demands found in Moses’ Teachings so that he could take Jewish and non-Jewish people and create one new humanity in himself. So he made peace.

Ephesians 4:12

Their purpose is to prepare God’s people to serve and to build up the body of Christ.

Ephesians 4:3

Through the peace that ties you together, do your best to maintain the unity that the Spirit gives.

Ephesians 4:5

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Philippians 3:10

that knows Christ. Faith knows the power that his coming back to life gives and what it means to share his suffering. In this way I’m becoming like him in his death,

Philippians 3:8

It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain Christ

Colossians 1:28

We spread the message about Christ as we instruct and teach everyone with all the wisdom there is. We want to present everyone as mature Christian people.

Colossians 2:2

Because they are united in love, I work so that they may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of Christ. He is the mystery of God.

Hebrews 5:14

However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and integrity he has given us his promises that are of the highest value. Through these promises you will share in the divine nature because you have escaped the corruption that sinful desires cause in the world.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the good will  and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to him now and for that eternal day! Amen.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.