^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;

²² And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of ^(A)the ^[a]world and the ^(B)deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it ^[b]becomes unfruitful.

¹⁹ but the worries of ^(A)the ^[a]world, and the ^(B)deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it ^[b]becomes unfruitful.

Abandonment of Faith

4 But ^(A)the Spirit explicitly says that ^(B)in later times some will ^[a]fall away from the faith, paying attention to ^(C)deceitful spirits and ^(D)teachings of demons,

¹³ But ^(A)encourage one another every day, as long as it is still called “today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the ^(B)deceitfulness of sin.