²⁰ an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

⁵ having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

¹³ The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that `is' in Christ Jesus;

¹⁶ God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

¹⁷ and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and -- were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

¹ And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly -- as to babes in Christ;

²⁵ At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

¹³ for every one who is partaking of milk `is' unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,

² as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,