| Geneva Study Bible For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the {l} word of righteousness: for he is a babe. (l) In the word that teaches righteousness. People's New Testament 5:13 For every one that useth milk... is a babe. Those who only understand the A B C's of Christianity are only babes in Christ, like the babes whose food is milk. Is unskilful in the word of righteousness. Such an one cannot handle the word of righteousness skillfully. Wesley's Notes 5:13 Every one that useth milk - That neither desires, nor can digest, anything else: otherwise strong men use milk; but not milk chiefly, and much less that only. Is unexperienced in the word of righteousness - The sublimer truths of the gospel. Such are all who desire and can digest nothing but the doctrine of justification and imputed righteousness. King James Translators' Notes is unskillful: Gr. hath no experience Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 13. useth-Greek, "partaketh," that is, taketh as his portion. Even strong men partake of milk, but do not make milk their chief, much less their sole, diet. the word of righteousness-the Gospel wherein "the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith" (Ro 1:17), and which is called "the ministration of righteousness" (2Co 3:9). This includes the doctrine of justification and sanctification: the first principles, as well as the perfection, of the doctrine of Christ: the nature of the offices and person of Christ as the true Melchisedec, that is, "King of righteousness" (compare Mt 3:15). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. | 
