Ephesians 4:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

Young's Literal Translation
that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

King James Bible
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;

Greek
Then
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

{we will} no longer
μηκέτι (mēketi)
Adverb
Strong's 3371: No longer, no more. From me and eti; no further.

be
ὦμεν (ōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

infants,
νήπιοι (nēpioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3516: From an obsolete particle ne- and epos; not speaking, i.e. An infant; figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian.

tossed about by the waves
κλυδωνιζόμενοι (klydōnizomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2831: To be tossed by waves, met: To be tossed to and fro. Middle voice from kludon; to surge, i.e. to fluctuate.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

carried around
περιφερόμενοι (peripheromenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4064: To carry around; pass: To be driven to and fro. From peri and phero; to convey around, i.e. Transport hither and thither.

by every
παντὶ (panti)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

wind
ἀνέμῳ (anemō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 417: The wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines. From the base of aer; wind; by implication, quarters.

of teaching
διδασκαλίας (didaskalias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1319: Instruction, teaching. From didaskalos; instruction.

[and] by
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

clever
πανουργίᾳ (panourgia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3834: Shrewdness, skill; hence: cunning, craftiness. From panougos; adroitness, i.e. trickery or sophistry.

cunning
κυβείᾳ (kybeia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2940: (lit: playing with dice, gaming, hence) trickery, sleight. From kubos; gambling, i.e. artifice or fraud.

of men
ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

in
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

[their]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

deceitful
πλάνης (planēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4106: Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety.

scheming.
μεθοδείαν (methodeian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3180: From a compound of meta and hodeuo; travelling over, i.e. Travesty.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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