Hebrews 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    By this time you ought to be teachers, but instead you need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of God's word, and you need milk, not solid food.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For {G1063} when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For when as cocerninge ye tyme ye ought to be teachers yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the worde of god: and are become soche as have nede of mylke and not of stronge meate:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede agayne, yt we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God: and are become soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge meate.

  • 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.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For when as concernyng the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what `are' the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
  • 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
  • Heb 5:13 : 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
  • 1 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able. 3 For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
  • Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us:
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Titus 2:3-4 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 Yet in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
  • Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not bothersome for me, but for you it is safe.
  • 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
  • Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.
  • Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.
  • Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

    14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

  • Heb 5:11
    81%

    11Of whom we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

  • 1 Cor 3:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ.

    2I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able.

    3For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?

    4For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?

  • 1 Pet 2:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

    2As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:

    3If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  • Isa 28:9
    75%

    9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

  • 1 Tim 4:6
    73%

    6If you remind the brethren of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which you have attained.

  • Heb 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

    2Of teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

  • 1 Cor 14:20
    72%

    20Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be infants, but in understanding be mature.

  • Gal 4:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

    10You observe days, and months, and times, and years.

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    71%

    20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

  • Heb 12:5
    71%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

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    70%

    12Therefore I will not be negligent to always remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the present truth.

  • Heb 6:4-6
    3 verses
    70%

    4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

    5And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

    6If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

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    70%

    14That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;

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    69%

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    15For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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    14But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them;

    15And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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    20But you have not so learned Christ,

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    11When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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    6From which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

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  • 2 Pet 1:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    67%

    1Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

  • 2 Tim 3:7
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    7Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • Gal 4:3
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    3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:

  • 2 Pet 3:17
    67%

    17You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

  • 2 Pet 2:20
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    20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

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    1But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you.

  • 2 Tim 4:3
    66%

    3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

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    15Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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    15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,

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    12And we urge you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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    8But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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    14As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;