Verb auxanō (to grow, to increase) in the New Testament

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

6: 28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow (auxanō); they neither toil nor spin,
13: 32it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown (auxanō) it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

Mark

4: 8Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing (auxanō) up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."

Luke

1: 80The child grew (auxanō) and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.
2: 40The child grew (auxanō) and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
12: 27Consider the lilies, how they grow (auxanō): they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
13: 19It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew (auxanō) and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."

John

3: 30He must increase (auxanō), but I must decrease."

Acts

6: 7The word of God continued to grow (auxanō); the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
7: 17"But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased (auxanō) and multiplied
12: 24But the word of God continued to grow (auxanō) and gain adherents.
19: 20So the word of the Lord grew (auxanō) mightily and prevailed.

1 Corinthians

3: 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God made grow (auxanō).
3: 7So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who makes them grow (auxanō).

2 Corinthians

9: 10He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase (auxanō) the harvest of your righteousness.
10: 15We do not boast beyond limits, that is, in the labors of others; but our hope is that, as your faith increases (auxanō), our sphere of action among you may be greatly enlarged,

Colossains

1: 6that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing (auxanō) in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.
1: 10so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow (auxanō) in the knowledge of God.
2: 19and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows (auxanō) with a growth that is from God.

Ephesians

2: 21In him the whole structure is joined together and grows (auxanō) into a holy temple in the Lord;
4: 15But speaking the truth in love, we must grow (auxanō) up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

1 Peter

2: 2Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow (auxanō) into salvation

2 Peter

3: 18But grow (auxanō) in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.