• Ephesians 4:11-15
  And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
   
• Hebrews 5:12-14
  For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
   
• Luke 8:14-15
  Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
   
• 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.
   
• Philippians 3:15
  Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
   
• James 1:4
  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
   

Related Scriptures

• Philippians 3:12-14
  Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
   
• Proverbs 22:6
  Train up a child in the way he should go,
  And when he is old he will not depart from it.
  
   
• Matthew 5:48
  Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.