Hebrews 5:11-14

11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you 1the 2elementary * principles of the 3oracles of God, and you have come to need 4milk and not solid food.
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an 5infant.
14 But solid food is for 6the mature, who because of practice have their senses 7trained to 8discern good and evil.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Galatians 4:3
  • 2. Hebrews 6:1
  • 3. Acts 7:38
  • 4. 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Peter 2:2
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Peter 2:2
  • 6. 1 Corinthians 2:6; Ephesians 4:13; Hebrews 6:1
  • 7. 1 Timothy 4:7
  • 8. Romans 14:1f

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "whom" or "which"
  • [b]. Lit "because of the time"
  • [c]. Lit "elements of the beginning"
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