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We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. <a href="/esv/ephesians/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. <a href="/bsb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/blb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> so that no longer we might be infants, being tossed by waves and being carried about by every wind of teaching in the cunning, in the craftiness of men with a view to the scheming of deceit. <a href="/kjv/ephesians/4.htm">King James Bible</a> That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; <a href="/nkjv/ephesians/4.htm">New King James Version</a> that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, <a href="/nasb_/ephesians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; <a href="/nasb/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; <a href="/nasb77/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; <a href="/lsb/ephesians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> so that we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming, <a href="/amp/ephesians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit]. <a href="/csb/ephesians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. <a href="/hcsb/ephesians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. <a href="/asv/ephesians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; <a href="/cev/ephesians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place. <a href="/erv/ephesians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; <a href="/gwt/ephesians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then we will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind. We will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead us astray. <a href="/gnt/ephesians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent. <a href="/isv/ephesians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray. <a href="/msb/ephesians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. <a href="/net/ephesians/4.htm">NET Bible</a> So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. <a href="/nheb/ephesians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by cleverness in deceitful schemes; <a href="/wbt/ephesians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive: <a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead. <a href="/web/ephesians/4.htm">World English Bible</a> that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ephesians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> that we may no longer be children, being tossed by waves and being carried around by every wind of the teaching, in the cunning of men, in craftiness, to the scheming of leading astray, <a href="/blb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> so that no longer we might be infants, being tossed by waves and being carried about by every wind of teaching in the cunning, in the craftiness of men with a view to the scheming of deceit. <a href="/ylt/ephesians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, <a href="/slt/ephesians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ephesians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive <a href="/cpdv/ephesians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error. <a href="/nabre/ephesians/4.htm">New American Bible</a> so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming. <a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> That we henceforth be not as children easily stirred and carried away by every wind of false doctrines of men who through their craftiness are artful in deceiving the people; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Neither shall we be children who are shaken and troubled for every wind of crafty teaching of the children of men, those who plot to seduce by their cunning.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/ephesians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit; <a href="/godbey/ephesians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion; <a href="/haweis/ephesians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> that we should be no longer infants, floating on the waves, and carried about with every wind of novel doctrine, by the juggling of men, by their craftiness after the delusive wiles of error; <a href="/mace/ephesians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit: <a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead. <a href="/worrell/ephesians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> that we may no longer be babes, billow-tossed, and carried about with every wind of teaching, in the sleight of men, in the craftiness suited to the artifice of error; <a href="/worsley/ephesians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> That we may be no longer children fluctuating and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the artful insinuations of men, and their crafty methods of deceiving; <a href="/parallel/ephesians/4-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=661" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ephesians/4.htm">Unity in the Body</a> …13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ. 14<a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">Then</a> <a href="/greek/3371.htm" title="3371: mēketi (Adv) -- No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further.">we will no longer</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ōmen (V-PSA-1P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">be</a> <a href="/greek/3516.htm" title="3516: nēpioi (Adj-NMP) -- From an obsolete particle ne- and epos; not speaking, i.e. An infant; figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian.">infants,</a> <a href="/greek/2831.htm" title="2831: klydōnizomenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To be tossed by waves, met: To be tossed to and fro. Middle voice from kludon; to surge, i.e. to fluctuate.">tossed about by the waves</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4064.htm" title="4064: peripheromenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To carry around; pass: To be driven to and fro. From peri and phero; to convey around, i.e. Transport hither and thither.">carried around</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panti (Adj-DMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">by every</a> <a href="/greek/417.htm" title="417: anemō (N-DMS) -- The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters.">wind</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1319.htm" title="1319: didaskalias (N-GFS) -- Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction.">of teaching</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">and by</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3834.htm" title="3834: panourgia (N-DFS) -- Shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness. From panougos; adroitness, i.e. trickery or sophistry.">clever</a> <a href="/greek/2940.htm" title="2940: kybeia (N-DFS) -- (lit: playing with dice, gaming, hence) trickery, sleight. From kubos; gambling, i.e. artifice or fraud.">cunning</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpōn (N-GMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of men</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4106.htm" title="4106: planēs (N-GFS) -- Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety.">deceitful</a> <a href="/greek/3180.htm" title="3180: methodeian (N-AFS) -- From a compound of meta and hodeuo; travelling over, i.e. Travesty.">scheming.</a> 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a> But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Hebrews 13:9</a> Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them. <a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a> See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ. <a href="/2_peter/3-17.htm">2 Peter 3:17</a> Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing. <a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a> Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3-4</a> I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. / For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, <a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a> For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17-18</a> Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. / For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm">1 Corinthians 14:20</a> Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-7</a> I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-2.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:2</a> not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">1 Peter 5:8</a> Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. <a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a> But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;no more.<a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9</a> Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.<a href="/matthew/18-3.htm">Matthew 18:3,4</a> And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven… <a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1,2</a> And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ… tossed.<a href="/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30,31</a> Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them… <a href="/romans/16-17.htm">Romans 16:17,18</a> Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them… <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3,4</a> But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ… carried.<a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a> And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?<a href="/1_corinthians/12-2.htm">1 Corinthians 12:2</a> Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.<a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a> But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.by the.<a href="/matthew/24-11.htm">Matthew 24:11,24</a> And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many… <a href="/2_corinthians/2-17.htm">2 Corinthians 2:17</a> For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm">2 Corinthians 4:2</a> But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.lie.<a href="/psalms/10-9.htm">Psalm 10:9</a> He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.<a href="/psalms/59-3.htm">Psalm 59:3</a> For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.<a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Micah 7:2</a> The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; 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In biblical context, "infants" refers to those who are immature in their faith, lacking discernment and understanding. <a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm">Hebrews 5:13-14</a> contrasts spiritual milk with solid food, urging believers to grow in their faith. The call to maturity is a recurring theme in Paul's letters, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1-2</a>, where he addresses the Corinthians as infants in Christ.tossed about by the waves The imagery of being tossed by waves suggests instability and vulnerability. In the ancient world, the sea was often seen as chaotic and dangerous, symbolizing uncertainty and peril. <a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6</a> uses similar imagery to describe a doubting person as being like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. This metaphor highlights the need for a firm foundation in Christ to withstand life's challenges.and carried around by every wind of teaching This phrase warns against being swayed by false doctrines. The early church faced numerous heresies and false teachings, such as Gnosticism and Judaizers, which threatened to lead believers astray. <a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a> warns against turning to a different gospel, emphasizing the importance of adhering to the true teachings of Christ. The metaphor of wind suggests the ever-changing and unpredictable nature of false teachings.and by the clever cunning of men Here, Paul addresses the intentional deceit by false teachers. The term "clever cunning" implies a calculated and strategic effort to mislead. In <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13-15</a>, Paul describes false apostles as deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. This highlights the need for discernment and vigilance in recognizing and resisting such deception.in their deceitful scheming This phrase underscores the deliberate and malicious intent behind false teachings. The Greek word for "scheming" suggests a methodical and organized plan to deceive. <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11</a> advises believers to put on the full armor of God to stand against the devil's schemes, indicating that spiritual warfare involves recognizing and countering deceit. The emphasis is on the importance of truth and integrity in the believer's life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Ephesians, Paul is writing to the church in Ephesus to encourage unity and maturity in faith. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ephesians.htm">Ephesians</a> The recipients of the letter, the church in Ephesus was a diverse community of believers in a major city of the Roman Empire, known for its temple to Artemis and a hub of various philosophies and teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/i/infants.htm">Infants</a> Used metaphorically by Paul to describe believers who are immature in their faith and easily swayed by false teachings. 4. <a href="/topical/w/waves_and_wind.htm">Waves and Wind</a> Symbolic of the unstable and unpredictable nature of false doctrines and teachings that can lead believers astray. 5. <a href="/topical/c/cunning_of_men.htm">Cunning of Men</a> Refers to those who intentionally deceive others with false teachings, using cleverness and deceit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_maturity.htm">Spiritual Maturity</a> Believers are called to grow in their faith, moving beyond spiritual infancy to maturity. This involves deepening their understanding of Scripture and developing discernment. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_against_false_teachings.htm">Discernment Against False Teachings</a> Christians must be vigilant and discerning, testing teachings against the truth of God's Word to avoid being misled by false doctrines. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_faith.htm">Unity in Faith</a> The church is encouraged to maintain unity in the faith, which provides strength and stability against external pressures and false teachings. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_church_leadership.htm">Role of Church Leadership</a> Pastors and teachers play a crucial role in equipping believers with sound doctrine, helping them to grow and stand firm in their faith. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each believer has a responsibility to study the Scriptures and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to develop a strong, personal faith that is not easily shaken.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ephesians_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 4</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'tossed_to_and_fro'_mean.htm">What does "tossed to and fro" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_christ_being_formed_in_you.htm">What does 'tossed to and fro' mean?</a> <a href="/q/current_challenges_for_the_church.htm">What challenges is the Church currently facing?</a> <a href="/q/how_should_christians_handle_deconstruction.htm">How should Christians respond to deconstruction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) That we be no more children.--Here the process of growth is described negatively; in the next verse positively. We are to be no more children. The word used here and in <a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm" title="And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.">1Corinthians 3:1</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/13-11.htm" title="When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.">1Corinthians 13:11</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-1.htm" title="Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;">Galatians 4:1</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm" title="Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:">Galatians 4:3</a>; <a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm" title="For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.">Hebrews 5:13</a> (often rendered "babes"), is a word almost always applied in a bad sense, like our word "childish"--not to the guilelessness, the trustfulness, or the humility of children, which our Lord emphatically blessed (<a href="/context/matthew/18-2.htm" title="And Jesus called a little child to him, and set him in the middle of them,">Matthew 18:2-4</a>), but to their unforeseeing and unthinking impulsiveness. The distinction is marked in <a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm" title="Brothers, be not children in understanding: however, in malice be you children, but in understanding be men.">1Corinthians 14:20</a>, "Be not children in understanding: howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men." Thus, in <a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm" title="And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ.">1Corinthians 3:1</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/13-11.htm" title="When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.">1Corinthians 13:11</a>, <a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm" title="For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.">Hebrews 5:13</a>, it describes crudeness and shallowness of conception; in <a href="/galatians/4-1.htm" title="Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;">Galatians 4:1</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm" title="Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:">Galatians 4:3</a>, incapability of free self-direction; here, liability to disturbance and change by every external impression from without, so as to be "everything by turns and nothing long." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - That we he no more children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of teaching. The apostle goes back to illustrate in another way the purpose of the ministry; it is designed to remedy childish fickleness and the causes that lead to it. The ignorant and inexperienced lie at the mercy of abler persons, and, when there is no regular ministry provided by Christ, are liable to be swept along by any plausible person that professes to be a Christian teacher, and such persons are often very dangerous, working by the sleight of men, i.e. the cunning legerdemain by which the teachings of men - teachings devised by the hearts of men - are made to appear to the uninitiated the same as Christ's teaching. In craftiness, tending to the scheme of error. Such teachers employ crafty methods, apparently harmless, but tending to further the method or scheme of error. The strong language here used corresponds with that in which, at Miletus, the apostle warned the elders of Ephesus of the "grievous wolves" that were to come in among them, and of the men "speaking perverse things" that were to arise among themselves, not sparing the flock (<a href="/acts/20-29.htm">Acts 20:29, 30</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ephesians/4-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. {we will} no longer μηκέτι (mēketi) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3371.htm">Strong's 3371: </a> No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further. be ὦμεν (ōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. infants, νήπιοι (nēpioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3516.htm">Strong's 3516: </a> From an obsolete particle ne- and epos; not speaking, i.e. An infant; figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian. tossed about by the waves κλυδωνιζόμενοι (klydōnizomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2831.htm">Strong's 2831: </a> To be tossed by waves, met: To be tossed to and fro. Middle voice from kludon; to surge, i.e. to fluctuate. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. carried around περιφερόμενοι (peripheromenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4064.htm">Strong's 4064: </a> To carry around; pass: To be driven to and fro. From peri and phero; to convey around, i.e. Transport hither and thither. by every παντὶ (panti) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. wind ἀνέμῳ (anemō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_417.htm">Strong's 417: </a> The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters. of teaching διδασκαλίας (didaskalias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1319.htm">Strong's 1319: </a> Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction. [and] by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. clever πανουργίᾳ (panourgia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3834.htm">Strong's 3834: </a> Shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness. From panougos; adroitness, i.e. trickery or sophistry. cunning κυβείᾳ (kybeia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2940.htm">Strong's 2940: </a> (lit: playing with dice, gaming, hence) trickery, sleight. From kubos; gambling, i.e. artifice or fraud. of men ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. in πρὸς (pros) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4314.htm">Strong's 4314: </a> To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. [their] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. deceitful πλάνης (planēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4106.htm">Strong's 4106: </a> Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety. scheming. μεθοδείαν (methodeian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3180.htm">Strong's 3180: </a> From a compound of meta and hodeuo; travelling over, i.e. Travesty. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">NT Letters: Ephesians 4:14 That we may no longer be children (Ephes. 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