Hebrews 5:13

For each that is (a) partner of milk, is without (a) part (or a portion) of the word of rightwiseness, for he is (but) a little child.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 when ye ought to be masters for a time (or For although ye ought to be teachers by this time), again ye need that ye be taught, which be the letters [or the elements] of the beginning of God’s words. And ye be made those, to whom is need of milk, and not [of] firm meat (or of solid food).

14But of perfect men is firm meat, of them that for custom have [their] wits exercised to (the) discretion of good and of evil. (But for grown men there is solid food, yea, for those who by custom have their minds, or their thoughts, exercised by the discretion of good and of evil.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 28:9Whom shall he teach knowing, and whom shall he make to understand [the] hearing? Men weaned from milk, men drawn away from teats. (And so to whom shall he teach knowledge, and who shall he make understand the teaching? Those just weaned from milk, yea, those just drawn away from the breast!/?)

Mark 10:15Truly I say to you (or I tell you the truth), whoever receiveth not the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter into it.

Romans 2:20a teacher of unwise men, a master of young children (or a teacher of young children), that hast the form of cunning, (or of knowing), [or of science], (or of knowledge), and of (the) truth in the law;

1 Corinthians 3:1And I, brethren, might not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men; as to little children in Christ,

1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, do not ye be made children in wits, (or Brothers, do not be made like children in your minds, or in your thoughts), but in malice be ye children; but in wits be ye perfect.

Ephesians 4:14(so) that we be not now little children, moving as (the) waves, and be not borne about with each wind of teaching, in the waywardness of men, in subtle wit, to the deceiving of error.

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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