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NASB | Ephesians 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:14 So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit]. |
Bible Question: Is "repeating that word" meaningless repetetion ... since you don't know what you are saying? |
Bible Answer: Not necessarily, it could be phrase, "Blessed is the Lamb" or "Holy art Thou O Lord". It is not, at all times, a prayer, it may be a praise. As Paul states it is without understanding to him but not to God. 1Co 14:2 "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries." 1Co 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 1Co 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Paul says he will do both, "with the spirit" and "with understanding". Have you ever been in that deep of prayer where you couldn't even talk and just groaned or couldn't get the words out properly and the words were garbled because of the intensity of the burden you were under for someone, some direction or something? That is being ‘in the Spirit’ but God understood your want. Also, it is most unfortunate that the NASB in italics inserts "his" for "the". 1 Co 14:2 "but in (his) spirit he speaks mysteries". View the Amplified: 1 Co 14:2 For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding]. Both translations come from the same publisher. by Grace, eklektos |