en_tn/eph/04/14.md

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This is so that we should

AT: "Then we will"

be like children

This is comparing a believer who has not grown spiritually to a child who has had very little experience in life. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

tossed around and carried away by every wind of teaching

This metaphor compares a believer who has not become mature and hears wrong teaching to a boat that is being blown by the wind in random directions on the water. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

by the trickery of people in the cleverness of erring deceit

AT: "by crafty people who trick believers with clever lies"

Rather we will speak

AT: "Instead we will speak"

into him who is the head...in the body's growth

This is a metaphor using the human body to describe how Christ causes believers to work together in harmony like the head of a body causes the body parts to work together to grow healthy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

for the building up of each one in love

AT: "so believers can help each other grow in love"