Hebrews 5:14
12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
13 For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- KJV
- But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
- WEB
- But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
- ASV
- But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
- DARBY
- but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.
- BLB
- But solid food is for the mature, the ones by constant use having trained the senses for distinguishing both good and evil.
- ÅB
- men fast føde er for voksne, for dem som ved bruken har sine sanser oppøvd til å skille mellom godt og ondt.
- OTB
- Men fast føde er for de modne, som gjennom konstant praksis har trent seg til å skjelne godt fra ondt.
- B1930
- men fast føde er for voksne, for dem som ved bruken har sine sanser opøvd til å skille mellem godt og ondt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 2:14–15
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:21
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:9–10
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
Read in contextEphesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:6
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:15
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Read in contextEphesians 4:13
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 6:22–23
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
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