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# be children
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Paul refers to believers who have not grown spiritually as if they were children who have had very little experience in life. Alternate translation: "be like children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# tossed back and forth ... carried away by every wind of doctrine
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This speaks of a believer who has not become mature and follows wrong teaching as if that believer were a boat that the wind is blowing in different directions on the water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# by the trickery of people in their deceitful schemes
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"by crafty people who trick believers with clever lies"
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