Verse 14
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 a 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.
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