At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
Romans 2:20 - New Revised Standard Version a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth– American Standard Version (1901) a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth; Common English Bible an educator of the foolish; a teacher of infants (since you have the full content of knowledge and truth in the Law); Catholic Public Domain Version an instructor to the foolish, a teacher to children, because you have a type of knowledge and truth in the law. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law. |
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin, have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted,
And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.
Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation—