Ephesians 4:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ As a result, we aren’t supposed to be infants any longer who can be tossed and blown around by every wind that comes from teaching with deceitful scheming and the tricks people play to deliberately mislead others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive

Ephesians 4:14 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 10:9

they lurk in secret like a lion in its den; they lurk that they may seize the poor; they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.

Psalm 59:3

Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

Isaiah 28:9

“Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from milk, those taken from the breast?

Micah 7:2

The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.

Matthew 11:7

As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Acts 23:21

But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”

1 Corinthians 12:2

You know that when you were gentiles you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking; rather, be infants in evil, but in thinking be adults.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Ephesians 6:11

put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

2 Timothy 1:15

You are aware that all who are in Asia have turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 3:13

But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them.

James 1:6

But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

James 3:4

Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

2 Peter 2:18

For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.

1 John 2:26

I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:12

These are blots on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.