² Bihaen samwan lane abaotem Jehovah and disaed for baptaes, hem bae gohed grow long spiritual wei. Goal bilong hem for kamap mature Christian. Diswan no minim man hem mature saed long body. Diswan hem wei for grow long spiritual wei, wea minim for strongim wei wea man fren gud witim Jehovah. Aposol Paul laekem olketa Christian long Ephesus for kamap mature Christian. Hem encouragem olketa for garem wan mind long faith and for gohed lane abaotem Jesus mekem olketa savve “kamap mature, wea diswan minim [olketa] barava mature olsem Christ.”—Eph. 4:13.

3. Wanem nao semsem abaotem kongregeson long Ephesus and pipol bilong Jehovah distaem?

³ Taem Paul raetem disfala leta, kongregeson long Ephesus hem stap for staka year finis. Staka brata and sista long datfala kongregeson olketa mature Christian. Nomata olsem, samfala long kongregeson still need for strongim wei wea olketa fren witim Jehovah. Hem semsem tu distaem, staka brata and sista worshipim Jehovah for plande year finis and olketa kamap mature Christian. Bat samfala long kongregeson no kamap mature yet. Olsem example, staka thousand Christian baptaes evri year, so olketa niu wan olsem mas gohed for grow long spiritual wei. Waswe long iu?—Col. 2:6, 7.

⁵ Christian wea mature “barava followim gud” example bilong Jesus. (1 Pet. 2:21) Jesus sei hem barava important for man lovem Jehovah long full heart, full soul, and full mind bilong hem, and for hem lovem narawan long sem wei wea hem lovem hemseleva. (Matt. 22:37-39) Christian wea mature hem traem best for followim datfala kaonsel. Wanem hem duim long laef bilong hem showimaot hem laekem tumas for fren gud witim Jehovah and hem barava lovem nara pipol.

8. Waswe, Jesus barava savve gud long Bible? Minim kam.

⁸ Jesus Christ hem barava savve gud long olketa Holy Raeting. Nomata taem hem 12 year nomoa, hem iusim olketa scripture taem hem story witim olketa bigman long temple. And “evriwan wea herem toktok bilong hem barava sapraes long hao hem ansarem olketa kwestin and long bigfala savve wea hem garem.” (Luke 2:46, 47) Taem Jesus duim ministry bilong hem, hem savve tumas hao for iusim toktok bilong God for givim ansa long olketa enemy bilong hem.—Matt. 22:41-46.

9. (a) Man wea laek for grow long spiritual wei mas ting raonem olketa wanem kwestin? (b) Why nao hem gud for iumi studyim Bible?

⁹ Man wea laek for grow long spiritual wei bae followim example bilong Jesus and laek for savve gud long Bible. Hem evritaem studyim olketa deep spiritual samting bikos hem savve “strongfala kaikai hem for pipol wea mature.” (Heb. 5:14) Christian wea mature bae laek for savve long “tru samting” wea stap insaed long Bible. (Eph. 4:13) So ting raonem olketa kwestin hia: ‘Waswe, mi readim Bible evriday? Waswe, mi markem taem for duim study seleva? Waswe, evri week mi duim famili worship?’ Taem iu studyim Bible, lukaotem olketa Bible principle wea bae helpem iu for savve long tingting bilong Jehovah. Then followim olketa principle hia long eni samting wea iu mas disaedem. Datwan bae mekem iu fren gud witim Jehovah.