Quotes about Development
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
— 1 Corinthians 14:20
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
— 1 Corinthians 15:37
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
— Galatians 4:19
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
— Galatians 5:9
Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
— Philippians 3:16
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
— Hebrews 5:13
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
— Hebrews 5:14
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
— James 1:3
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
— James 1:4
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
— 2 Peter 1:5
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
— 2 Peter 1:8
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.
— Tony Campolo