In the context of biblical study, the term "augments" is not directly referenced in Scripture. However, the concept of augmentation, or the idea of increasing, enhancing, or adding to something, can be explored through various biblical themes and teachings. The Bible often addresses the notion of growth, increase, and enhancement in spiritual, moral, and communal aspects of life.

Spiritual Growth and Augmentation

The Bible frequently emphasizes the importance of spiritual growth and maturity. Believers are encouraged to augment their faith and understanding through the study of Scripture, prayer, and fellowship with other believers. In 2 Peter 1:5-8 , the apostle Peter exhorts believers to "make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love." This passage highlights the process of spiritual augmentation, where one quality builds upon another, leading to a mature and fruitful Christian life.

Moral and Ethical Augmentation

The Bible also speaks to the augmentation of moral and ethical behavior. In Ephesians 4:22-24 , Paul instructs believers to "put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." This transformation involves augmenting one's character by adopting Christ-like virtues and rejecting sinful behaviors.

Communal and Relational Augmentation

The early church provides a model for communal augmentation, as seen in Acts 2:42-47 . The believers "devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." As a result, "the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." This passage illustrates how the community of believers grew and was augmented through shared faith, teaching, and fellowship.

Augmentation of Blessings and Resources

The Bible also addresses the augmentation of blessings and resources. In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), Jesus teaches about the importance of using and augmenting the resources God has entrusted to individuals. The servants who wisely invested and increased their master's wealth were commended, while the one who did not was rebuked. This parable underscores the principle of faithful stewardship and the expectation of growth and augmentation in what God has given.

Divine Augmentation

God's ability to augment and multiply is evident throughout Scripture. In the feeding of the five thousand (John 6:1-14), Jesus takes five loaves and two fish and miraculously augments them to feed a multitude, demonstrating God's power to provide abundantly beyond human limitations. Similarly, in Malachi 3:10 , God promises to "open the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing without measure" when His people are faithful in tithing, illustrating divine augmentation in response to obedience.

In summary, while the term "augments" is not explicitly found in the Bible, the concept is woven throughout Scripture in the context of spiritual growth, moral development, communal life, stewardship, and divine provision. These themes encourage believers to seek continual growth and enhancement in their faith and daily lives.

Treats of How God Inspires the Soul with Such Vehement and ...
... state is far worse than ever; although she has been receiving these favours for
many years past, she still sighs and weeps because each grace augments her pain ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter xi treats of how.htm

Sanctifying Grace
... its means. Actual grace introduces the state of sanctifying grace or preserves
and augments it where it already exists. This fact ...
/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/part ii sanctifying grace.htm

That the Union to which Love Aspires is Spiritual.
... So that as love tends to union, even so union very often extends and augments love:
for love makes us seek the society of the beloved, and this often nourishes ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter x that the union.htm

How Love Effects the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer.
... But to squeeze and press together, a strong application must be made, which increases
and augments the union; so that to clasp together is to join strongly and ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter i how love effects.htm

How the Mingling of Love and Sorrow Takes Place in Contrition.
... [115] And as we see fire turns wine into a certain water which is called almost
everywhere aquavit??, which so easily takes and augments fire that in many ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xx how the mingling.htm

Of the Perplexity of a Heart which Loves Without Knowing Whether ...
... But what in this case augments our trouble is that even the spirit and highest point
of the reason cannot give any assuagement at all; for this poor superior ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xi of the perplexity.htm

Wherein is a Partial Inquiry into the Nature of the World, and a ...
... the compact body of the earth round about, while that which is firm and unyielding,
by reason of its unchanging fixedness, continually augments the whirling ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/i wherein is a partial.htm

That Sometimes Some Laudably Desire the Office of Preaching, While ...
... without falling, gladly puts his shoulders under the pressure of others not his
own: his own deeds are too heavy for him to carry, and he augments his burden. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter vii that sometimes some.htm

But all this Conceding and Ascribing of Honour About which we are ...
... For if honour increases and augments the grandeur of him to whom it is given, it
follows that a deity becomes greater by means of the man from whom he has ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/14 but all this conceding.htm

The Teaching of Law Without the Life-Giving Spirit is "The Letter ...
... us with a good desire instead of this evil desire (in other words, diffuses love
in our hearts), that law, however good in itself, only augments the evil ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 6 iv the teaching of.htm

Augments (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Augments (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 28:8 He that
augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth ...
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Augment (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; as, to augment an army
by reinforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. ...
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Power (862 Occurrences)
... mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the
microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent ...
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Augmenteth (1 Occurrence)

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Augur (1 Occurrence)

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