13. 'O fter'exuv, he that partakes) Even strong men feed on milk, but not on milk chiefly, much less on milk alone. There fore they are intended in this passage, who, in short, either take or seek nothing but milk. — uTeipcs, unskilful) not expert, without strength and practice. — Xoyou dixaMffvyqc, in the ivord of righteous ness) A/xa/ov from dfya : comp. diaxpioiv, discernment, in the fol lowing verse. For dtxaioevvfy righteousness, is such perfection (D'DD Jos. xxiv. 14, LXX.) as after having put away evil from it, attains to the just (proper) degree of good : yeyvpyafffAsm (ver. 14), exercised, is in consonance with it; comp. xii. 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. — vfaios, a babe) The antithesis is rg?^/wv, of them that are perfect : comp. Eph. iv. 13, 14.
14. TsXs/uv, of them that are perfect) rgXg/orjjra, perfection, ch. vi. 1, is the conjugate term. TS/^IOI xai pavQavovreg are opposed to each other, 1 Chron. xxv. 8, TD^rrDJJ pB. — sVr/v, is [belongeth to]) They who are perfect both desire and take solid meat. — dia) In/ reason of. — rrtv s%iv, habitual strength of understanding^ ['wsg']) The LXX. use this word, Judg. xiv. 9 ; 1 Sam. xvi. 7 ; Dan. vii.
1 Latin habitum, Th. habco : as 'i^tg from e^u. — ED.