14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching,(A) by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head(B)—Christ. 16 From him the whole body, fitted and knit together(C) by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth(D) of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.

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14 [a]As a result, we are (A)no longer to be children, (B)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by (C)craftiness [b]in (D)deceitful scheming; 15 but [c]speaking the truth (E)in love, [d]we are to (F)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the (G)head, that is, Christ, 16 from whom (H)the whole body, being fitted and held together [e]by what every joint supplies, according to the [f]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself (I)in love.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:14 Lit So that we will no longer be
  2. Ephesians 4:14 Lit with regard to the scheming of deceit
  3. Ephesians 4:15 Or holding to; or being truthful in
  4. Ephesians 4:15 Or let’s grow up
  5. Ephesians 4:16 Lit through every joint of the supply
  6. Ephesians 4:16 Lit working in measure