Hebrews 5:13

For every one partaking of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.

14but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

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Cross References

Mark 10:15Truly, I say unto you, Whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

Romans 2:20a teacher of the juveniles, having a form of knowledge and truth in the law;

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, was not able to speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

Ephesians 4:14in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion;

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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