Growth in Grace

 

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

• John 15:8

 

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.

• Philippians 1:9

 

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:3

 

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

• Philippians 1:11

 

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge.

• 2 Peter 1:5

 

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

• Job 17:9

 

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

• 2 Corinthians 3:18

 

The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands.

• Psalm 138:8

 

That has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

• Colossians 1:6

 

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

• Philippians 3:14-16

 

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

• Proverbs 4:18