Hebrews 5:11-14
New Living Translation
A Call to Spiritual Growth
11 There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. 12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.[a] You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. 13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. 14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.
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- 5:12 Or about the oracles of God.
Hebrews 5:11-14
International Standard Version
You Still Need Someone to Teach You
11 We have much to say about this,[a] but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand. 12 In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God’s word.[b] You have become people who need milk instead of solid food. 13 For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong.[c] 14 But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
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- Hebrews 5:11 Or about him
- Hebrews 5:12 Or oracles
- Hebrews 5:13 Lit. and is inexperienced in the message of righteousness
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