13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
13 Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways;
13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn't know how to do what is right.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hebrews 5:13
Commentary on Hebrews 5:11-14
(Read Hebrews 5:11-14)
Dull hearers make the preaching of the gospel difficult, and even those who have some faith may be dull hearers, and slow to believe. Much is looked for from those to whom much is given. To be unskilful, denotes want of experience in the things of the gospel. Christian experience is a spiritual sense, taste, or relish of the goodness, sweetness, and excellence of the truths of the gospel. And no tongue can express the satisfaction which the soul receives, from a sense of Divine goodness, grace, and love to it in Christ.