Ephesians 4:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

be. maybe.

no more. no longer. Greek. meketi.

children. App-108.

tossed to and fro. Literally "surging about (as waves)". Only here.

carried about. borne hither and thither. See 2 Corinthians 4:10.

wind. Greek. anemos.

doctrine. the teaching. Greek. didaskalia. The evil teaching of the ruler of the power of the air and of demons. Compare 1 Timothy 4:1.

by. (or) by. Greek. en. App-104.

sleight. Greek. kiibeia. hence our "cube". Only here.

and cunning craftiness. with (Greek. en) subtilty. Greek. panourgia. Compare 2 Corinthians 11:3.

whereby... deceive. with. view to (Greek. pros. App-104.) the wile, or stratagem (Greek. methodeia: only here and Ephesians 6:11), of the error (Greek. plane). The association of methodeia with Satan (in Ephesians 6:11) shows that, here, plane. planos. i.e. the method or scheme is that of the devil himself, and not merely error.

Ephesians 4:14

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;