Hebrews 5:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

For the

Matthew 17:17

Mark 9:19

Teachers

Titus 2:3

The first

Hebrews 6:1

The oracles

As have

General references

Job 32:7

Matthew 15:16

Bible References

For the

And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

And he said to them in answer, O generation without faith, how long will I have to be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come to me.

Teachers

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

The first

For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,

The oracles

In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

As have

For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.

And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

General references

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?