Hebrews 5:13-14

Warning Against Apostasy

13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is f a child. 14 But solid food is for g the mature, for those who have their powers h of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:1
    But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
    1 Peter 2:2
    Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation -
  2. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:13
    Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 3:22
    Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever -
    1 Kings 3:9
    Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?
    Isaiah 7:15
    He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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