Growth

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

The development of life in the Christian. He is born as a babe, he develops by the use of proper spiritual food and duly exercise, i.e., living in the power of the new life, into a young man, and eventually through the increased knowledge of Christ into a father (1 John 2). Growth is the direct result of feeding on Christ, and living for Mm. The growth is not the object before the mind, “But Christ”. There is a radical difference between “growth” and “puffing up”. The one implies an increase of humility, the other of pride.