Hebrews 5
5
The Imperfect High Priest
1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in the things pertaining to God, so as to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, 2 being able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself also is encompassed by weakness, 3 and on account of this, he is obligated, just as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. 4 And no one takes the honour to himself, but only* when he is called by God, just as Aaron also was.
The Perfect High Priest
5 So also, Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but was glorified by* the One who said to Him,*
“You are My Son;
today I have begotten You”;*
6 just as also in another passage,* He says,
“You are a priest forever,*
according to the order of Melchizedek.”*
7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and entreaties, with loud crying and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became the Author of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him, 10 and was designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.*
Spiritual Regression
11 Concerning this, we have much to say, but it is difficult to explain, because you have become dull of hearing.* 12 For indeed, although you ought to be teachers by this time, you have need for someone to teach you again the elementary* principles of the oracles of God,* and you have come to need milk, not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who, because of practice, have trained their faculties to distinguish* between good and evil.*
Notes
4 The restrictive/focusing adverb only is supplied to the text on contextual considerations for the sake of clarity
5 The passive voice construction was glorified by is supplied to the text on contextual considerations for the sake of clarity
5 Quoted from Ps. 2:7
6 The word passage is supplied to the text on contextual considerations for the sake of clarity
6 Greek to the age
6 Quoted from Ps. 110:4
11 Greek dull in the hearings
12 Or foundational
12 Greek the principles of the beginnings of the oracles of the God
14 Or discern
14 Greek for distinguishing/discerning both good and evil
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Copyright © 2026 Michael Adeyemi Adegbola. This Scripture text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
