“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;”
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming — Paul's warning against nepios ('infants,' spiritual immaturity) subject to kumat ('waves,' the tossing of false doctrine), every pneuma didaskaliās ('wind of teaching'), the methodeia ('craftiness') and polutechia ('cunning') of deceitful persons.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:14
“That we may be no longer.”— The word, “no longer,” shows that they had of old been in this case, and he reckons himself moreover as a subject for correction, and corrects himself. For this cause, he would say, are there so many workmen, that the building may not be shaken, may not be “carried about,” that the stones may be firmly fixed. For this is the character of children, to be tossed to and fro, to be carried about and shaken. “That we may be no longer,” says he,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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