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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. AT: "be like children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# tossed back and forth ... carried away by every wind of teaching
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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/translate/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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# into him who is the head ... makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love
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Paul uses the human body to describe how Christ causes believers to work together in harmony as the head of a body causes the body parts to work together to grow healthy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# by every supporting ligament
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A "ligament" is a strong band that connects bones or organs in place in the body.
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# in love
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"as the members love one another"