Ephesians 4:14 So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] do...

4:14 AMP

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Amplified Bible - So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].
新标点和合本 - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动，飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这样，我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切邪说之风摇动，飘来飘去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这样，我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切邪说之风摇动，飘来飘去。
当代译本 - 这样，我们就不再像小孩子，被各种异端邪说之风吹得飘来飘去，被人的阴谋诡计欺骗。
圣经新译本 - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和骗人的手段，给异教之风摇撼，飘来飘去，
中文标准译本 - 这样，我们就不再是小孩子，在人的狡诈和诡计中陷入那迷惑人的骗局，被各种教义之风摇动，飘来飘去。
现代标点和合本 - 使我们不再做小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端，
和合本（拼音版） - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动，飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.
English Standard Version - so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
New Living Translation - Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
The Message - No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are easy prey for predators. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
Christian Standard Bible - Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
New American Standard Bible - As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
New King James Version - that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
American Standard Version - 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;
King James Version - 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;
New English Translation - So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
World English Bible - that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
新標點和合本 - 使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動，飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這樣，我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切邪說之風搖動，飄來飄去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這樣，我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切邪說之風搖動，飄來飄去。
當代譯本 - 這樣，我們就不再像小孩子，被各種異端邪說之風吹得飄來飄去，被人的陰謀詭計欺騙。
聖經新譯本 - 使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和騙人的手段，給異教之風搖撼，飄來飄去，
呂振中譯本 - 使我們不再做孩童、像波浪漂來漂去，被各樣教義的風帶前帶後，就是人用欺騙手段、用狡猾施展謬妄之詭計造出來的。
中文標準譯本 - 這樣，我們就不再是小孩子，在人的狡詐和詭計中陷入那迷惑人的騙局，被各種教義之風搖動，飄來飄去。
現代標點和合本 - 使我們不再做小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端，
文理和合譯本 - 致不復為童稚、蕩漾於諸教之風、受人詭譎欺惑之術、
文理委辦譯本 - 毋若小子、受人詭譎伎倆、以其教風動煽惑、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 使我儕不復為小子、中人之巧詐詭譎、及其誘惑之法、而被諸異教之風、飄蕩搖動、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然則吾人不可再為稚子、隨風飄盪、漫無定止、惑於異端、而溺於邪說。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así ya no seremos niños, zarandeados por las olas y llevados de aquí para allá por todo viento de enseñanza y por la astucia y los artificios de quienes emplean artimañas engañosas.
현대인의 성경 - 이제 우리는 사람의 속임수나 간사한 유혹에 빠져 온갖 교훈의 파도에 이리저리 밀려 다닐 어린 아이가 아닙니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - De cette manière, nous ne serons plus de petits enfants ballottés comme des barques par les vagues et emportés çà et là par le vent de toutes sortes d’enseignements, à la merci d’hommes habiles à entraîner les autres dans l’erreur.
リビングバイブル - そこで、もはや、だれかから間違ったことを教えられたり、うそを真実のようにたくみに見せかけられたりしても、そのたびに、子どものようにふらふらと信じるものを変えてはいけません。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι, κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδείαν τῆς πλάνης,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι, κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδίαν τῆς πλάνης;
Nova Versão Internacional - O propósito é que não sejamos mais como crianças, levados de um lado para outro pelas ondas, nem jogados para cá e para lá por todo vento de doutrina e pela astúcia e esperteza de homens que induzem ao erro.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann sind wir nicht länger wie unmündige Kinder, die sich von jeder beliebigen Lehrmeinung aus der Bahn werfen lassen und die leicht auf geschickte Täuschungsmanöver hinterlistiger Menschen hereinfallen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhờ đó, chúng ta không còn khờ dại như trẻ con, trí óc không còn nông nổi, dễ đổi thay theo các giáo lý mới lạ của người lừa dối khéo dùng thủ đoạn xảo trá sai lầm.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อนั้นเราจะไม่เป็นทารกอีกต่อไป ถูกกระแสซัดไปซัดมา ถูกพัดไปทางโน้นทางนี้โดยลมปากแห่งคำสอนและโดยกลลวงอันฉ้อฉลแยบยลของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วเราจะได้ไม่เป็นเด็กทารกที่ถูกซัดไปมาเหมือนคลื่น และถูกพัดให้ไหวปลิวไปมาด้วยลมแห่งลัทธิทั้งปวง ด้วยเล่ห์กลของมนุษย์ ด้วยอุบายหลอกลวงของพวกเขาอีกต่อไป

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1 Timothy 3:6 - and He must not be a new convert, so that he will not [behave stupidly and] become conceited [by appointment to this high office] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil [for his arrogance and pride].
Micah 7:2 - The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth, And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men. They all lie in wait to shed blood; Each hunts the other with a net.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
2 Peter 2:18 - For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
James 3:4 - And look at the ships. Even though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines.
Revelation 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon.
Revelation 13:12 - He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence [when the two are together]. And he makes the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:13 - He performs great signs (awe-inspiring acts), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth, right before peoples’ eyes.
Revelation 13:14 - And he deceives those [unconverted ones] who inhabit the earth [into believing him] because of the signs which he is given [by Satan] to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, telling those who inhabit the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded [fatally] by the sword and has come back to life.
2 Timothy 1:15 - You are aware of the fact that all who are in [the province of] Asia turned away and deserted me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 - not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed either by a [so-called prophetic revelation of a] spirit or a message or a letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] come.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - Let no one in any way deceive or entrap you, for that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first [that is, the great rebellion, the abandonment of the faith by professed Christians], and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [the Antichrist, the one who is destined to be destroyed],
2 Thessalonians 2:4 - who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:5 - Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
Psalms 10:9 - He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
Psalms 59:3 - Look! They lie in wait for my life; Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me, Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
Acts 23:21 - But do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, just waiting for your promise.”
Matthew 18:3 - and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4 - Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
1 Corinthians 3:1 - However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ!
1 Corinthians 3:2 - I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready.
2 Timothy 3:13 - But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:4 - For [you seem willing to allow it] if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted. You tolerate all this beautifully [welcoming the deception].
Isaiah 28:9 - They say “To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He explain the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?
2 Corinthians 4:2 - But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Timothy 3:6 - For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate morally weak and spiritually-dwarfed women weighed down by [the burden of their] sins, easily swayed by various impulses,
2 Timothy 3:7 - always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:8 - Just as Jannes and Jambres [the court magicians of Egypt] opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, unqualified and worthless [as teachers] in regard to the faith.
2 Timothy 3:9 - But they will not get very far, for their meaningless nonsense and ignorance will become obvious to everyone, as was that of Jannes and Jambres.
Galatians 1:6 - I am astonished and extremely irritated that you are so quickly shifting your allegiance and deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different [even contrary] gospel;
Galatians 1:7 - which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].
Matthew 11:7 - As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out in the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind [which is commonplace]?
Acts 20:30 - even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].
Acts 20:31 - Therefore be continually alert, remembering that for three years, night or day, I did not stop admonishing and advising each one [of you] with tears.
2 Timothy 2:17 - and their teaching will spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 2:18 - who have deviated from the truth. They claim that the resurrection has already taken place, and they undermine the faith of some.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 - And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 - So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.
Galatians 3:1 - O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?
Matthew 24:11 - Many false prophets will appear and mislead many.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.
Matthew 24:24 - For false Christs and false prophets will appear and they will provide great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).
Jude 1:12 - These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;
2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,
1 Timothy 4:6 - If you point out these instructions to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished [through study] on the words of the faith and of the good [Christian] doctrine which you have closely followed.
1 Timothy 4:7 - But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit].
Colossians 2:4 - I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments.
Colossians 2:5 - For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] and to see the stability of your faith in Christ [your steadfast reliance on Him and your unwavering confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].
Colossians 2:6 - Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin],
Colossians 2:7 - having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.
Colossians 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ.
Ephesians 6:11 - Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
2 Peter 2:1 - But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
2 Corinthians 2:17 - For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
Hebrews 5:12 - For though by this time you ought to be teachers [because of the time you have had to learn these truths], you actually need someone to teach you again the elementary principles of God’s word [from the beginning], and you have come to be continually in need of milk, not solid food.
Hebrews 5:13 - For everyone who lives on milk is [doctrinally inexperienced and] unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a spiritual infant.
Hebrews 5:14 - But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.
James 1:6 - But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind.
1 Corinthians 14:20 - Brothers and sisters, do not be children [immature, childlike] in your thinking; be infants in [matters of] evil [completely innocent and inexperienced], but in your minds be mature [adults].
Romans 16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.
Romans 16:18 - For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
Hebrews 13:9 - Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.

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Amplified Bible - So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].
新标点和合本 - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动，飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端；
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这样，我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切邪说之风摇动，飘来飘去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这样，我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切邪说之风摇动，飘来飘去。
当代译本 - 这样，我们就不再像小孩子，被各种异端邪说之风吹得飘来飘去，被人的阴谋诡计欺骗。
圣经新译本 - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和骗人的手段，给异教之风摇撼，飘来飘去，
中文标准译本 - 这样，我们就不再是小孩子，在人的狡诈和诡计中陷入那迷惑人的骗局，被各种教义之风摇动，飘来飘去。
现代标点和合本 - 使我们不再做小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端，
和合本（拼音版） - 使我们不再作小孩子，中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切异教之风摇动，飘来飘去，就随从各样的异端。
New International Version - 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.
New International Reader's Version - We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.
English Standard Version - so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
New Living Translation - Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.
The Message - No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are easy prey for predators. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
Christian Standard Bible - Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
New American Standard Bible - As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
New King James Version - that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
American Standard Version - 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;
King James Version - 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;
New English Translation - So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
World English Bible - that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
新標點和合本 - 使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動，飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端；
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這樣，我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切邪說之風搖動，飄來飄去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這樣，我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切邪說之風搖動，飄來飄去。
當代譯本 - 這樣，我們就不再像小孩子，被各種異端邪說之風吹得飄來飄去，被人的陰謀詭計欺騙。
聖經新譯本 - 使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和騙人的手段，給異教之風搖撼，飄來飄去，
呂振中譯本 - 使我們不再做孩童、像波浪漂來漂去，被各樣教義的風帶前帶後，就是人用欺騙手段、用狡猾施展謬妄之詭計造出來的。
中文標準譯本 - 這樣，我們就不再是小孩子，在人的狡詐和詭計中陷入那迷惑人的騙局，被各種教義之風搖動，飄來飄去。
現代標點和合本 - 使我們不再做小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端，
文理和合譯本 - 致不復為童稚、蕩漾於諸教之風、受人詭譎欺惑之術、
文理委辦譯本 - 毋若小子、受人詭譎伎倆、以其教風動煽惑、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 使我儕不復為小子、中人之巧詐詭譎、及其誘惑之法、而被諸異教之風、飄蕩搖動、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 然則吾人不可再為稚子、隨風飄盪、漫無定止、惑於異端、而溺於邪說。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Así ya no seremos niños, zarandeados por las olas y llevados de aquí para allá por todo viento de enseñanza y por la astucia y los artificios de quienes emplean artimañas engañosas.
현대인의 성경 - 이제 우리는 사람의 속임수나 간사한 유혹에 빠져 온갖 교훈의 파도에 이리저리 밀려 다닐 어린 아이가 아닙니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И тогда мы уже не будем малыми детьми, колеблемыми волнами и носимыми ветрами разных учений, которые делают нас жертвами хитрых обманщиков, вводящих людей в заблуждение.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - De cette manière, nous ne serons plus de petits enfants ballottés comme des barques par les vagues et emportés çà et là par le vent de toutes sortes d’enseignements, à la merci d’hommes habiles à entraîner les autres dans l’erreur.
リビングバイブル - そこで、もはや、だれかから間違ったことを教えられたり、うそを真実のようにたくみに見せかけられたりしても、そのたびに、子どものようにふらふらと信じるものを変えてはいけません。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι, κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδείαν τῆς πλάνης,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἵνα μηκέτι ὦμεν νήπιοι, κλυδωνιζόμενοι καὶ περιφερόμενοι παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας ἐν τῇ κυβίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν πανουργίᾳ πρὸς τὴν μεθοδίαν τῆς πλάνης;
Nova Versão Internacional - O propósito é que não sejamos mais como crianças, levados de um lado para outro pelas ondas, nem jogados para cá e para lá por todo vento de doutrina e pela astúcia e esperteza de homens que induzem ao erro.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann sind wir nicht länger wie unmündige Kinder, die sich von jeder beliebigen Lehrmeinung aus der Bahn werfen lassen und die leicht auf geschickte Täuschungsmanöver hinterlistiger Menschen hereinfallen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhờ đó, chúng ta không còn khờ dại như trẻ con, trí óc không còn nông nổi, dễ đổi thay theo các giáo lý mới lạ của người lừa dối khéo dùng thủ đoạn xảo trá sai lầm.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อนั้นเราจะไม่เป็นทารกอีกต่อไป ถูกกระแสซัดไปซัดมา ถูกพัดไปทางโน้นทางนี้โดยลมปากแห่งคำสอนและโดยกลลวงอันฉ้อฉลแยบยลของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วเราจะได้ไม่เป็นเด็กทารกที่ถูกซัดไปมาเหมือนคลื่น และถูกพัดให้ไหวปลิวไปมาด้วยลมแห่งลัทธิทั้งปวง ด้วยเล่ห์กลของมนุษย์ ด้วยอุบายหลอกลวงของพวกเขาอีกต่อไป

1 Timothy 3:6 - and He must not be a new convert, so that he will not [behave stupidly and] become conceited [by appointment to this high office] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil [for his arrogance and pride].
Micah 7:2 - The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth, And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men. They all lie in wait to shed blood; Each hunts the other with a net.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
2 Peter 2:18 - For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.
James 3:4 - And look at the ships. Even though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines.
Revelation 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon.
Revelation 13:12 - He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence [when the two are together]. And he makes the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:13 - He performs great signs (awe-inspiring acts), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth, right before peoples’ eyes.
Revelation 13:14 - And he deceives those [unconverted ones] who inhabit the earth [into believing him] because of the signs which he is given [by Satan] to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, telling those who inhabit the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded [fatally] by the sword and has come back to life.
2 Timothy 1:15 - You are aware of the fact that all who are in [the province of] Asia turned away and deserted me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 - not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed either by a [so-called prophetic revelation of a] spirit or a message or a letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] come.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - Let no one in any way deceive or entrap you, for that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first [that is, the great rebellion, the abandonment of the faith by professed Christians], and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [the Antichrist, the one who is destined to be destroyed],
2 Thessalonians 2:4 - who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:5 - Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
Psalms 10:9 - He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
Psalms 59:3 - Look! They lie in wait for my life; Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me, Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
Acts 23:21 - But do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, just waiting for your promise.”
Matthew 18:3 - and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you repent [that is, change your inner self—your old way of thinking, live changed lives] and become like children [trusting, humble, and forgiving], you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4 - Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
1 Corinthians 3:1 - However, brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as to spiritual people, but [only] as to worldly people [dominated by human nature], mere infants [in the new life] in Christ!
1 Corinthians 3:2 - I fed you with milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not ready.
2 Timothy 3:13 - But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Corinthians 11:3 - But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:4 - For [you seem willing to allow it] if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted. You tolerate all this beautifully [welcoming the deception].
Isaiah 28:9 - They say “To whom would He teach knowledge? And to whom would He explain the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?
2 Corinthians 4:2 - But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
2 Timothy 3:6 - For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate morally weak and spiritually-dwarfed women weighed down by [the burden of their] sins, easily swayed by various impulses,
2 Timothy 3:7 - always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:8 - Just as Jannes and Jambres [the court magicians of Egypt] opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, unqualified and worthless [as teachers] in regard to the faith.
2 Timothy 3:9 - But they will not get very far, for their meaningless nonsense and ignorance will become obvious to everyone, as was that of Jannes and Jambres.
Galatians 1:6 - I am astonished and extremely irritated that you are so quickly shifting your allegiance and deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different [even contrary] gospel;
Galatians 1:7 - which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].
Matthew 11:7 - As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out in the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind [which is commonplace]?
Acts 20:30 - even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].
Acts 20:31 - Therefore be continually alert, remembering that for three years, night or day, I did not stop admonishing and advising each one [of you] with tears.
2 Timothy 2:17 - and their teaching will spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 2:18 - who have deviated from the truth. They claim that the resurrection has already taken place, and they undermine the faith of some.
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 - And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 - So it is no great surprise if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, but their end will correspond with their deeds.
Galatians 3:1 - O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?
Matthew 24:11 - Many false prophets will appear and mislead many.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast (Antichrist) was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who, in his presence, had performed [amazing] signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were hurled alive into the lake of fire which blazes with brimstone.
Matthew 24:24 - For false Christs and false prophets will appear and they will provide great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).
Jude 1:12 - These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;
2 Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,
1 Timothy 4:6 - If you point out these instructions to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished [through study] on the words of the faith and of the good [Christian] doctrine which you have closely followed.
1 Timothy 4:7 - But have nothing to do with irreverent folklore and silly myths. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness [keeping yourself spiritually fit].
Colossians 2:4 - I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments.
Colossians 2:5 - For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] and to see the stability of your faith in Christ [your steadfast reliance on Him and your unwavering confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].
Colossians 2:6 - Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin],
Colossians 2:7 - having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.
Colossians 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ.
Ephesians 6:11 - Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
2 Peter 2:1 - But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2 Peter 2:2 - Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.
2 Peter 2:3 - And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].
2 Corinthians 2:17 - For we are not like many, [acting like merchants] peddling God’s word [shortchanging and adulterating God’s message]; but from pure [uncompromised] motives, as [commissioned and sent] from God, we speak [His message] in Christ in the sight of God.
Hebrews 5:12 - For though by this time you ought to be teachers [because of the time you have had to learn these truths], you actually need someone to teach you again the elementary principles of God’s word [from the beginning], and you have come to be continually in need of milk, not solid food.
Hebrews 5:13 - For everyone who lives on milk is [doctrinally inexperienced and] unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a spiritual infant.
Hebrews 5:14 - But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.
James 1:6 - But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind.
1 Corinthians 14:20 - Brothers and sisters, do not be children [immature, childlike] in your thinking; be infants in [matters of] evil [completely innocent and inexperienced], but in your minds be mature [adults].
Romans 16:17 - I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations [for others] to commit sin, [acting in ways] contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them.
Romans 16:18 - For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
Hebrews 13:9 - Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.