1 Corinthians 12-13 and Spiritual Maturity

Is spiritual maturity the same as emotional maturity. I will argue that they may come hand in hand at times and that the fruits from spiritual maturity when coupled with an understanding of love may in fact yield the most noble form of emotional maturity.

1 Cor. 12, NASB

¹ Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. ² You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led. ³ Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking ^[a]by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is ^[b]accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except ^[c]by the Holy Spirit.

"you were led" here is the key phrase we will focus on. Are we to say in this case that we should have known better? We couldn't have, because even if we were to have.

These are some of the things I have at times thought about in reflecting on 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 especially since maturity is a strong theme at the end of the 13th chapter.

There much more to say on this, but I shall have to do so a later time.