But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Ver. 14. To them that are of full age] Or that are perfect, τελειων, comparatively perfect, not only past the spoon, but full grown.
Who by reason of use] Gr. By reason of habit, got by continual custom and long practice, as in an expert artist.
Have their senses exercised] αισθητηοια, their inward senses, for the soul also hath her senses, as the body hath. Instead of seeing, faith; of hearing, obedience; of smelling, hope; of tasting, charity; of touching, humility. These are exercised in the saints with such an exercise as wrestlers use, or such as contend for victory, put forth to the utmost, as that which they have been trained up to, and can therefore very well skill of.
To discern good and evil] "Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?" Job 12:11. "Eye hath not seen," &c.,1 Corinthians 2:9. Where the carcase is the eagles will be. Saints have a spiritual sagacity, and they lay hold on eternal life.