Ibrani 5:12

5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, ¹  you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. ²  You have gone back to needing ³  milk, not ⁴  solid food.

Ibrani 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ⁵  the elementary ⁶  instructions about Christ ⁷  and move on ⁸  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Ibrani 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ⁹  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ¹⁰  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

[5:12]  ¹ tn Grk “because of the time.”

[5:12]  ² tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

[5:12]  ³ tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א² A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B² C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

[6:1]  ⁶ tn Or “basic.”

[6:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

[6:1]  ⁸ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

[13:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

[13:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).