1 CORINTHIANS 3.1-3

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly—as to babies in Christ; with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for you were not yet able, but not even yet are you now able, for yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of men?

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2 CORINTHIANS 6.2

for He says, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you, behold, now [is] a well-accepted time; behold, now, a day of salvation.”

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MATTHEW 7.9-11

Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask [for] a loaf—a stone will he present to him? And if he may ask [for] a fish—a serpent will he present to him? If, therefore, you being evil, have known to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking Him?

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HEBREWS 12.1-3

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, having put off every weight, and the closely besetting sin, may we run the contest that is set before us through endurance, looking to the Author and Perfecter of the faith—Jesus, who, for the joy set before Him, endured a cross, having despised shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God; for again consider Him who endured such contradiction from the sinners to Himself, that you may not be wearied in your souls—being faint.