MATURITY

(See also Growth)

emotional:

effect of alcohol: yp 268-269, 271

effect of drugs: yp 272-274

meaning of term: w16.03 4-5; w09 5/15 9-10; w01 8/1 13

Christian maturity: w24.04 2-4; w23.12 18

physical:

plant Puya raimondii: g02 3/8 22-23

spiritual: w24.04 2-7; scl 76; it-2 355; w15 9/15 3-7; w01 8/1 12-17; w00 8/15 26-29

elders: od 33; om 32-33, 39

“full-grown man” (Eph 4:13): w03 10/15 21-22; w01 8/1 13-14

help for newly baptized: w96 1/15 19-20

how attained: w24.04 4-6

identifying characteristics: w15 9/15 4

life story “My Decision to Advance to Maturity”: w95 4/1 21-25

maintaining spiritual maturity: w24.04 6-7

“no longer be babes, tossed” (Eph 4:14): w92 8/1 10

not limited to the physically older: scl 76

parents assist children: w17.12 21; km 5/14 3

“press on to maturity” (Heb 6:1): w24.09 9-10; w18.06 19-20; lvs 229-231; lv 199-202; w09 5/15 9-13; wt 8

progress after attaining: it-2 355

“stand complete” (Col 4:12): w00 12/15 20-21

“traits of a babe” (1Co 13:11): w92 8/1 9-11

young sisters: w23.12 18-23