Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.(A)

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But I have calmed and quieted myself,(A)
    I am like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child I am content.(B)

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Who is he[a] trying to teach?
Who is he[b] trying to instruct?
Infants[c] just weaned from milk?
Babies[d] removed from the breast?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:9 Or He
  2. Isaiah 28:9 Or He
  3. Isaiah 28:9 Lit Those
  4. Isaiah 28:9 Lit Those

“Who is it he is trying to teach?(A)
    To whom is he explaining his message?(B)
To children weaned(C) from their milk,(D)
    to those just taken from the breast?

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“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted[a] and become like children,(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(B)

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  1. Matthew 18:3 Or are turned around

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.(B)

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Paul’s Gracious Conclusion

19 The report of your obedience has reached everyone.(A) Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, yet innocent about what is evil.(B)

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19 Everyone has heard(A) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.(B)

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14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching,(A) by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

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14 Then we will no longer be infants,(A) tossed back and forth by the waves,(B) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(C)

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12 Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.(A) 13 Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

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12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths(A) of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!(B) 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,(C) is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

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