# Hebrews 5.11-6.3 **Book:** [Hebrews](/codex/hebrews/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 9. and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation; 10. named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. > > **11. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. 12. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. 13. For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe. 14. But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil. 6:1. Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 6:2. of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 6:3. And this will we do, if God permit.** > > 6:4. For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5. and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, (Hebrews 5:9-6:5, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 9. Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, 10. named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. > > **11. About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing. 12. For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. 13. For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby. 14. But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil. 6:1. Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, 6:2. of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 6:3. This will we do, if God permits.** > > 6:4. For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 6:5. and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, (Hebrews 5:9-6:5, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 9. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10. Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. > > **11. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. is unskillful: Gr. hath no experience 14. 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. of full age: or, perfect use: or, an habit, or, perfection 6:1. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, principles: or, word of the beginning of 6:2. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 6:3. And this will we do, if God permit.** > > 6:4. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 6:5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, (Hebrews 5:9-6:5, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 9. and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during, 10. having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek, > > **11. concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing, 12. for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food, 13. for every one who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is an infant, 14. 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. 6:1. Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, 6:2. of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during, 6:3. and this we will do, if God may permit,** > > 6:4. for [it is] impossible for those once enlightened, having tasted also of the heavenly gift, and partakers having became of the Holy Spirit, 6:5. and did taste the good saying of God, the powers also of the coming age, (Hebrews 5:9-6:5, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Anointing Implies Subordination Objection Defeater](/codex/anointing-implies-subordination-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/), [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/) - [Argument from Conscience](/codex/argument-from-conscience/), via [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [Argument from Prophecy Fulfillment](/codex/argument-from-prophecy-fulfillment/), via [Hebrews 5.6](/codex/hebrews-5-6/), [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) - [Argument from the Universal Tear-Hierarchy Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-tear-hierarchy-convergence/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) - [Christians Cannot Judge Objection Defeater](/codex/christians-cannot-judge-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/), [Hebrews 5.12-14](/codex/hebrews-5-12-14/), [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [Christians Not Under Mosaic Law](/codex/christians-not-under-mosaic-law/), via [Hebrews 5.10](/codex/hebrews-5-10/), [Hebrews 5.5-6](/codex/hebrews-5-5-6/) - [Conditional Immortality from Text-First Method](/codex/conditional-immortality-from-text-first-method/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [Cursed Messiah Objection Defeater](/codex/cursed-messiah-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.7-10](/codex/hebrews-5-7-10/) - [Evidential Problem of Evil Defeater](/codex/evidential-problem-of-evil-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.8-9](/codex/hebrews-5-8-9/) - [Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-has-a-god-therefore-not-god-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/), [Hebrews 5.7-8](/codex/hebrews-5-7-8/) - [Problem of Evil, Soul-Making Theodicy](/codex/problem-of-evil-soul-making-theodicy/), via [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/) - [Ritual Purity Laws Objection Defeater](/codex/ritual-purity-laws-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.11-14](/codex/hebrews-5-11-14/) - [Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-stop-satan-objection-defeater/), via [Hebrews 5.8-9](/codex/hebrews-5-8-9/) **Concepts:** - [Christ Was Made (Misread Proof-Texts)](/codex/christ-was-made-misread-proof-texts/), via [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/) - [Christian Discernment](/codex/christian-discernment/), via [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [Christian Muslim Defender](/codex/christian-muslim-defender/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) - [Conditional Immortality](/codex/conditional-immortality/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [Doubt and Fear](/codex/doubt-and-fear/), via [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/) - [Hearing God](/codex/hearing-god/), via [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [Mary's Lineage](/codex/marys-lineage/), via [Hebrews 5.5-10](/codex/hebrews-5-5-10/) - [Old Testament Christology](/codex/old-testament-christology/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/), [Hebrews 5.6](/codex/hebrews-5-6/) - [Quick Objection Responses](/codex/quick-objection-responses/), via [Hebrews 5.12-14](/codex/hebrews-5-12-14/) - [Soul-Making Theodicy](/codex/soul-making-theodicy/), via [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/) - [Survivorship Bias](/codex/survivorship-bias/), via [Hebrews 5.7-9](/codex/hebrews-5-7-9/) - [Teacher](/codex/teacher/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/), [Hebrews 5.12](/codex/hebrews-5-12/) - [Young's Literal Translation](/codex/youngs-literal-translation/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) **People:** - [Melchizedek](/codex/melchizedek/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/), [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/), [Hebrews 5.6](/codex/hebrews-5-6/) **Lexicon:** - [G0166 - aionios](/codex/g0166-aionios/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [G1080 - gennao](/codex/g1080-gennao/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/) - [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/) - [G1253 - diakrisis](/codex/g1253-diakrisis/) - [G4982 - sozo](/codex/g4982-sozo/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) - [G4991 - soteria](/codex/g4991-soteria/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [G5046 - teleios](/codex/g5046-teleios/), via [Hebrews 5.14](/codex/hebrews-5-14/) - [G5056 - telos](/codex/g5056-telos/), via [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [G5218 - hypakoe](/codex/g5218-hypakoe/), via [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/), [Hebrews 5.8-9](/codex/hebrews-5-8-9/), [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [G5219 - hypakouo](/codex/g5219-hypakouo/), via [Hebrews 5.8](/codex/hebrews-5-8/), [Hebrews 5.9](/codex/hebrews-5-9/) - [H0001 - ab](/codex/h0001-ab/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/) - [H0113 - adon](/codex/h0113-adon/), via [Hebrews 5.6](/codex/hebrews-5-6/) - [H1320 - basar](/codex/h1320-basar/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) - [H3548 - kohen](/codex/h3548-kohen/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/), [Hebrews 5.10](/codex/hebrews-5-10/), [Hebrews 5.5-10](/codex/hebrews-5-5-10/), [Hebrews 5.6](/codex/hebrews-5-6/) - [H4899 - mashiach](/codex/h4899-mashiach/), via [Hebrews 5](/codex/hebrews-5/) - [H7592 - shaal](/codex/h7592-shaal/), via [Hebrews 5.5](/codex/hebrews-5-5/) **Guides:** - [Ris3n Arguments](/codex/ris3n-arguments/), via [Hebrews 5.7](/codex/hebrews-5-7/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.