Hebrews 5:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate.

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  • Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore, leauing the doctrine of the beginning of Christ, let vs be led forward vnto perfection, not laying againe ye foundation of repetance fro dead workes, & of faith toward God,
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,
  • Heb 5:13 : 13 For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 And I could not speake vnto you, brethren, as vnto spirituall men, but as vnto carnall, euen as vnto babes in Christ. 2 I gaue you milke to drinke, & not meat: for yee were not yet able to beare it, neither yet nowe are yee able. 3 For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whome shall he teache knowledge? and whome shall he make to vnderstand the thinges that hee heareth? them that are weyned from the milke, and drawen from the breastes. 10 For precept must be vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litle, and there a litle.
  • Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wildernes with the Angell, which spake to him in mount Sina, and with our fathers, who receiued the liuely oracles to giue vnto vs.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome, teaching and admonishing your owne selues, in Psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing with a grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Titus 2:3-4 : 3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things, 4 That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbads, that they loue their children,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue.
  • Phil 3:1 : 1 Moreouer, my brethren, reioyce in the Lord. It grieueth mee not to write the same things to you, and for you it is a sure thing.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsell of Ahithophel which he counseled in those dayes, was like as one had asked counsell at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with Dauid and with Absalom.
  • Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seeke the Lawe of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach the precepts and iudgements in Israel.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord.
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Iesus answered, and said, O generation faithlesse, and crooked, how long now shall I be with you! Howe long nowe shall I suffer you! Bring him hither to me.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 Then he answered him, & said, O faithlesse generation, how long now shall I be with you! how long now shall I suffer you! Bring him vnto me.
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much euery maner of way: for chiefly, because vnto them were of credite committed the oracles of God.

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    13For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe.

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  • Heb 5:11
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    11Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.

  • 1 Cor 3:1-4
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    1And I could not speake vnto you, brethren, as vnto spirituall men, but as vnto carnall, euen as vnto babes in Christ.

    2I gaue you milke to drinke, & not meat: for yee were not yet able to beare it, neither yet nowe are yee able.

    3For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?

    4For when one sayeth, I am Pauls, and another, I am Apollos, are yee not carnall?

  • 1 Pet 2:1-3
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    1Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,

    2As newe borne babes desire that sincere milke of the woorde, that yee may growe thereby,

    3Because yee haue tasted that the Lorde is bountifull.

  • Isa 28:9
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    9Whome shall he teache knowledge? and whome shall he make to vnderstand the thinges that hee heareth? them that are weyned from the milke, and drawen from the breastes.

  • 1 Tim 4:6
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    6If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.

  • Heb 6:1-2
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    20Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

  • Gal 4:9-10
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    9But now seeing ye knowe God, yea, rather are knowen of God, howe turne ye againe vnto impotent and beggerly rudiments, whereunto as from the beginning ye wil be in bondage againe?

    10Ye obserue dayes, and moneths, and times and yeeres.

  • Rom 2:20
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    20An instructer of them which lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned, which hast the forme of knowledge, & of the truth in ye Law.

  • Heb 12:5
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    5And ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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  • Heb 6:4-6
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    4For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

    5And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come,

    6If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, & make a mocke of him.

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    14But continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned, and which are committed vnto thee, knowing of who thou hast learned them:

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    6From the which things some haue erred, and haue turned vnto vaine iangling.

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  • 2 Pet 1:8-9
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    8For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ:

    9For he that hath not these things, is blinde, and can not see farre off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes.

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    1Wherefore wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which wee haue heard, lest at any time we runne out.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
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    7Which women are euer learning, and are neuer able to come to the acknowledging of the trueth.

  • Gal 4:3
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    3Euen so, we when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the rudiments of the world.

  • 2 Pet 3:17
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    17Ye therefore beloued, seeing ye know these thinges before, beware, lest ye be also plucked away with the errour of the wicked, and fall from your owne stedfastnesse.

  • 2 Pet 2:20
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  • 1 Thess 5:1
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    1Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

  • 2 Tim 4:3
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    3For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but hauing their eares itching, shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers,

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    15Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.

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    15These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,

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    7But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.

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