Such a one is capable of dealing tenderly with the ignorant and erring ones, since he himself is subject to weakness,

for having himself stood the test of sufferings, he is capable of being moved to relieve those who undergo such tryals.

for though by this time you ought to be capable of teaching others, you want to be instructed anew in the first principles of the divine oracles; and are in such a state as to stand in need of milk, rather than of solid nourishment.