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. ¹³For every one that useth ^jmilk ^†is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is ^ka babe.

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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.
jSee 1 Cor. 3:2.
†Gr. hath no experience.
kSee 1 Cor. 3:1. So 1 Cor. 13:11 (Gk.).

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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, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

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! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

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. Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

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. For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right.

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. For everyone who partakes of milk is unacquainted with the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.