Ephesians 4:14

Conservative English Version

We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.

Cross References

Psalm 10:9

They are hungry lions hiding in the bushes, hoping to catch some helpless passerby. They trap the poor in nets and drag them away.

Psalm 59:3

Merciless enemies, LORD, are hiding and plotting, hoping to kill me. I have not hurt them in any way at all.

Isaiah 28:9

You drunken leaders are like babies! How can you possibly understand or teach the LORD's message?

Micah 7:2

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Matthew 11:7

As John's followers were going away, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: What sort of person did you go out into the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will come and fool a lot of people.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and work great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

Acts 23:21

But please don't do what they say. More than forty men are going to attack Paul. They have made a vow not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. Even now they are waiting to hear what you decide."

1 Corinthians 12:2

I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

1 Corinthians 14:20

My friends, stop thinking like children. Think like mature people and be as innocent as tiny babies.

1 Corinthians 3:19

This is because God considers the wisdom of this world to be foolish. It is just as the Scriptures say, "God catches the wise when they try to outsmart him."

2 Corinthians 2:17

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We don't do shameful things that must be kept secret. And we don't try to fool anyone or twist God's message around. God is our witness that we speak only the truth, so others will be sure that we can be trusted.

Galatians 3:1

You stupid Galatians! I told you exactly how Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross. Has someone now put an evil spell on you?

Ephesians 6:11

Put on all the armor that God gives, so you can defend yourself against the devil's tricks.

1 Timothy 3:6

They must not be new followers of the Lord. If they are, they might become proud and be doomed along with the devil.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has turned against me, especially Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.

2 Timothy 4:3

The time is coming when people won't listen to good teaching. Instead, they will look for teachers who will please them by telling them only what they are itching to hear.

Hebrews 13:9

Don't be fooled by any kind of strange teachings. It is better to receive strength from God's undeserved kindness than to depend on certain foods. After all, these foods don't really help the people who eat them.

James 1:6

But when you ask for something, you must have faith and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm.

James 3:4

It takes strong winds to move a large sailing ship, but the captain uses only a small rudder to make it go in any direction.

2 Peter 2:18

They brag out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

1 John 2:19

These people came from our own group, yet they were not part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves that they did not belong to our group.

1 John 2:26

I am writing to warn you about those people who are misleading you.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,

Jude 1:12

These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain. They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had worked miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshiped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulfur.