The Holy Spirit matures your love with knowledge, wisdom, and discernment.

The Holy Spirit matures your love with knowledge, wisdom, and discernment.

“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment” (Phil 1:9)

“And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you” (1Thes 3:12)

“and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding” (Col 1:9)

“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” (Eph 1:17)

“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” (2Pet 1:5-7)

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” (Gal 5:22-23)

“to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Eph 3:19)

“Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.” (1Cor 8:1)

“But as you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—see that you abound in this grace also.” (2Cor 8:7)

“from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (Eph 4:16)

“fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” (Phil 2:2)

“that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding” (Col 2:2)

“But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1Thes 4:9)

“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other” (2Thes 1:3)

“Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.” (2Tim 1:13)

“But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance” (2Tim 3:10)

Reading: Eph 6; Phil 1-2; Matt 11