¹⁴ 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. ¹⁵ Instead, by speaking the truth in love, we will grow up completely and become one with the head, that is, one with the Messiah,^{[a] 16} in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.