Matthew Henry Commentary Hebrews 5:11-14

"Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing. For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food. For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe. But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil." — Hebrews 5:11-14 (ASV)

Dull hearers make the preaching of the gospel difficult, and even those who have some faith may be dull hearers and slow to believe. Much is expected from those to whom much is given. To be unskilled denotes a lack of experience in the things of the gospel. Christian experience is a spiritual sense, taste, or relish of the goodness, sweetness, and excellence of the truths of the gospel. And no tongue can express the satisfaction which the soul receives from a sense of Divine goodness, grace, and love to it in Christ.