And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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