Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Babes » Figurative » Of weak Christians
a tutor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, since you have a knowledge of the truth as formulated in the law --
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So I myself, brothers, could not deal with you as spiritual persons, but as creatures of human clay, as merely baby Christians.
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For everyone who uses milk alone is inexperienced in the message of right-doing; he is only an infant.
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and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
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Science » The key of knowledge
a tutor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, since you have a knowledge of the truth as formulated in the law --
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A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."
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Sin » Against knowledge
Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.
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"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have no excuse for their sin.
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So when a man knows what is right but does not do it, he is guilty of sin.
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because, although they once knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give Him thanks, but became silly in their senseless speculations, and so their insensible hearts have been shrouded in darkness.
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Jesus answered them, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty, but now you keep on claiming, 'We can see'; so your sin remains."
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For if we go willfully sinning after we have received full knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice left to be offered for our sins,
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That slave who knows his master's wishes and does not get ready or act upon them will be severely punished. But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.
Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God, and understand His will, and by being instructed in the law can know the things that excel, and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those in darkness, read more.
a tutor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, since you have a knowledge of the truth as formulated in the law -- you who teach others, do you not teach yourself too? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal yourself? You who warn men to stop committing adultery, do you practice it yourself? You who shrink in horror from idols, do you rob their temples? You who boast about the law, do you by breaking it dishonor God?
a tutor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, since you have a knowledge of the truth as formulated in the law -- you who teach others, do you not teach yourself too? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal yourself? You who warn men to stop committing adultery, do you practice it yourself? You who shrink in horror from idols, do you rob their temples? You who boast about the law, do you by breaking it dishonor God?
For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of uprightness than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command committed to their trust. In them is verified the truth of the proverb, "A dog turns back to what he has vomited"; and of that other proverb, "A sow that has washed herself goes back to wallow in the mire."