Hebrews 5:13

For anyone who only takes milk is inexperienced with the message of righteousness, because he is still a little child.

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In The King James Version

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

In Context

12For though by this time you should be teachers, you still have need for someone to teach you the basic principles of God's messages. You need milk, not solid food!

14But solid food is for adults. These are those who because of their maturity have their understanding trained for distinguishing good from evil.

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:9To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? 1 To those who are weaned from milk or to those just taken from the breasts? 1

Mark 10:15Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will definitely not enter it.”

Romans 2:20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, and that you have in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth, then how does this affect the way you live your life?

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brothers, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as to fleshly people, as to little children in Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Rather, in regard to evil, be like infants. But in your thinking be mature.

Ephesians 4:14Christ builds us up so that we should no longer be children who are tossed back and forth by the waves, and carried away by every wind of teaching and by the trickery of people in their deceitful schemes.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 5:11-14

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 10 Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchisedec. 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat… Read the whole commentary →

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