¹²For when ^ffor the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be ^gthe first ^hprinciples of ⁱthe oracles of God; and ^care become such as have need of ^jmilk, and not of strong meat.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

fch. 2:9. & 6:7 marg.
gch. 6:1 (Gk.).
hSee Gal. 4:3.
iSee Rom. 3:2.
cComp. John 16:12.
jSee 1 Cor. 3:2.

Public Domain

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 need milk, not solid food,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For indeed, although you ought to be teachers by this time, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and you have need of milk, not solid food.