At that time Jesus declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
Romans 2:20 - 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 declared, “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
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 who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
But I, brethren, could not address you as spiritual men, but as men of the flesh, as babes in Christ.
Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus;
holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child.
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness.
Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation;