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Hebrews 5:11-12
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The Need to Move on to Maturity

11 On this topic we have much to say[a] and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish[b] in hearing. 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time,[c] you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances.[d] You have gone back to needing[e] milk, not[f] solid food.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:11 tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”
  2. Hebrews 5:11 tn Or “dull.”
  3. Hebrews 5:12 tn Grk “because of the time.”
  4. Hebrews 5:12 tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”
  5. Hebrews 5:12 tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”
  6. Hebrews 5:12 tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and significant ones (א2 A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 M sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (P46 א* B2 C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA28 has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
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