Study it in the app“so that we may no longer be children, tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of men, by craftiness in the scheming of error;”
God gives different kinds of service so the body grows in loveThe Church and Community
so thatἵναwe may no longer beμηκέτι ὦμενchildren,νήπιοιtossed by wavesκλυδωνιζόμενοιandκαὶcarried aboutπεριφερόμενοιby everyπαντὶwindἀνέμῳof teachingτῆς διδασκαλίαςbyἐνthe trickeryτῇ κυβείᾳof men,τῶν ἀνθρώπωνbyἐνcraftinessπανουργίᾳinπρὸςthe schemingτὴν μεθοδείανof error;τῆς πλάνης
no longer
No longer, never again.
Where else “mēketi” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōmen” appearsinfant
Someone still immature in faith.
Where else “nēpioi” appearsbe tossed by waves
Be tossed back and forth by the waves.
Where else “klydōnizomenoi” appearscarry around
Carry about from place to place.
Where else “peripheromenoi” appearswind
Wind.
Where else “anemōi” appearsteaching
Teaching, instruction.
Where else “didaskalias” appearstrickery
Trickery; the word comes from dice playing and its cheating.
Where else “kybeiai” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appearscraftiness
Craftiness, cunning, trickery.
Where else “panourgiai” appearsscheme
Scheme, a cunning plan to deceive.
Where else “methodeian” appearserror, deception
Deception, error.
Where else “planēs” appears“Trickery”: literally, “dice-playing,” with its cheating.
13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Messiah,
14 · This verse (above)
15but speaking the truth in love, let us grow in all things into him who is the head, the Messiah,
1. What it says
What does Paul urge them to do about unity, and how many times does he say "one" (v. 1-6)?
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul contrasts the old way of life with the new, and what specific changes does he name (v. 22-32)?
3. How I live it
Paul writes, "do not let the sun go down on your anger" (v. 26). With whom could you talk calmly today to make something right?
