Jer 15:16, Eph 4:15-16, Col 2:19, 3:16, 2Ti 3:14-17, 1Pe 2:2 | ESV | STEP | Your words were found , and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart , for I am called by your name , O Lord , God of hosts .

Jeremiah 15:16

16 Your words were found, ^aand I ate them,
and ^byour words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
^cfor I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.

Ephesians 4:15-16

15 Rather, ^dspeaking the truth in love, we are to ^egrow up in every way into him who is ^fthe head, into Christ, 16 ^gfrom whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^hwhen each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Colossians 2:19

19 and ⁱnot ^jholding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

Colossians 3:16

16 Let ^kthe word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, ^lsinging psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ^mwith thankfulness in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 3:14-17

14 But as for you, ⁿcontinue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom ^{▼▼The Greek for whom is plural} you learned it 15 and how ^pfrom childhood you have been acquainted with ^qthe sacred writings, ^rwhich are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 ^sAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that ^tthe man of God ^{▼▼That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)} may be complete, ^vequipped ^wfor every good work.

1 Peter 2:2

2 ^xLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^ymilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—