likenewbornbabies,longfor the puremilkof the word,sothat by it you may growin respectto salvation,
"Trulyis not my housesowith God?For He has madean everlastingcovenantwith me, Orderedin allthings,and secured;For allmy salvationand all[my] desire,Will He not indeedmake [it] grow?
"Nevertheless the righteouswill holdto his way,And he who has cleanhandswill growstrongerand stronger.
But the pathof the righteousis like the lightof dawn,That shinesbrighterand brighteruntilthe fullday.
I will be like the dewto Israel;He will blossomlike the lily,And he will takerootlike [the cedars of] Lebanon.
Those who livein his shadowWill againraisegrain,And they will blossomlike the vine.His renown[will be] like the wineof Lebanon.
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
and said,"TrulyI sayto you, unlessyou are convertedand becomelikechildren,you will not enterthe kingdomof heaven.
But Jesussaid,"Letthe childrenalone,and do not hinderthem from comingto Me; for the kingdomof heavenbelongsto such as these."
"TrulyI sayto you, whoeverdoes not receivethe kingdomof Godlikea childwill not enterit [at] [all]."
"TrulyI sayto you, whoeverdoes not receivethe kingdomof Godlikea childwill not enterit [at all]."
Thereforewe have been buriedwith Him throughbaptisminto death,sothat as Christwas raisedfrom the deadthroughthe gloryof the Father,sowe toomight walkin newnessof life.
Brethren,do not be childrenin your thinking;yetin evilbe infants,but in your thinkingbe mature.
in whomthe wholebuilding,being fitted together,is growinginto a holytemplein the Lord,
but speaking the truthin love,we are to growup in all[aspects] into Him whois the head,[even] Christ,
We oughtalwaysto give thanksto Godfor you, brethren,as is [only] fitting,becauseyour faithis greatly enlarged,and the loveof eachoneof you towardone anothergrows [ever] greater;
for you have been born againnot of seedwhich is perishablebut imperishable,[that is], throughthe livingand enduringwordof God.
but growin the graceand knowledgeof our Lordand SaviorJesusChrist.To Him [be] the glory,bothnowand to the dayof eternity.Amen.
