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Hebrews 5:14
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Spiritual Immaturity

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the1 oracles of God; and you have come to need amilk and not solid food.  
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is aa babe.  
14 But solid food belongs to those who are1 of full age, that is, those who by reason of2 use have their senses exercised ato discern both good and evil. 
Verse Comparison: Hebrews 5:14

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American Standard Version
But solid food is for fullgrown men, `even' those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

Amplified® Bible
But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses {and} mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate {and} distinguish between what is morally good {and} noble and what is evil {and} contrary either to divine or human law.

Contemporary English Version
Solid food is for mature people who have been trained to know right from wrong.

Darby English Version
but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.

Good News Bible
Solid food, on the other hand, is for adults, who through practice are able to distinguish between good and evil.

International Standard Version
But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.

King James Version
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

New American Standard Bible
But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

New International Version
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

New King James Version
But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But solid food we reserve for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.

Young's Literal Translation
and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.


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