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Heb 5:13. Ὁ μετέχων, he that partakes) Even strong men feed on milk, but not on milk chiefly, much less on milk alone. Therefore they are intended m this passage, who, in short, either take or seek nothing but milk.-ἄπειρος, unskilful) not expert, without strength and practice.-λόγου δικαιοσύνης, in the word of righteousness) Δίκαιον from δίχα: comp. διάκρισιν, discernment, in the following verse. For δικαιοσύνη, righteousness, is such perfection (תמים Jos 24:14, LXX.) as after having put away evil from it, attains to the just (proper) degree of good: γεγυμνασμένα (Heb 5:14), exercised, is in consonance with it; comp. Heb 12:11, where in like manner exercise and righteousness are joined. Such a word of righteousness is the doctrine of Christ in the New Testament. Righteousness of faith and of life is understood, and each on either side, according as circumstances have arisen.-νήπιος, a babe) The antithesis is τελείων, of them that are perfect: comp. Eph 4:13-14.