Hebrews 5:13

By people who live on milk I mean those who are imperfectly acquainted with the teaching concerning righteousness.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.

14Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

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Cross References

Mark 10:15In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it."

Romans 2:20a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

1 Corinthians 3:1And as for myself, brethren, I found it impossible to speak to you as spiritual men. It had to be as to worldlings--mere babes in Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not prove yourselves to be children in your minds. As regards evil, indeed, be utter babes, but as regards your minds prove yourselves to be men of ripe years.

Ephesians 4:14So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.

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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