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14 so that 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 men, by (C)craftiness [a]in (D)deceitful scheming, 15 but [b]speaking the truth (E)in love, [c]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 joined and held together [d]by what every joint supplies, according to the properly (I)measured working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself (J)in love.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:14 Lit with regard to the scheming of deceit
  2. Ephesians 4:15 Or holding to, being truthful in
  3. Ephesians 4:15 Or let us grow up
  4. Ephesians 4:16 Lit through every joint of the supply

14 The goal is that we would no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, when people use tricks and invent clever ways to lead us astray. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we would in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. 16 From him the whole body, being joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows in accordance with Christ’s activity when he measured out each individual part. He causes the growth of the body so that it builds itself up in love.

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