Matthew Poole and continuators on Ephesians 4:14

14 That we henceforth be no more children , tossed to and fro , and carried about with every wind of doctrine , by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness , whereby they lie in wait to deceive.

i. e. Weak in the Faith, unstable in Judgment, Children in Understanding, 1 Cor. 14.20. Such as need teaching, and strengthning, see Rom. 2.20. 1 Cor. 3.1. Heb. 5.13.

Light and unconstant like Ships without ballast, tossed with every wave.

Not onely shaken and staggering as to our Faith, (as in the former Clause) but carried about to errours for want of judgment, by false Doctrines, here compared to violent Winds.

Their Sophistry whereby they easily Seduce those that are unskilfull, as Men easily cheat Children in playing at Dice, from whence this Metaphor is taken.

Their skilfulness in finding out ways of deceiving, whereby they can make any thing of any thing.

Viz. as in Ambush, the word here used, is translated Wiles, ch. 6.11. against which the Apostle would have them fenced with the whole armour of God, and seems to signifie a laying an Ambush, or Assaulting a Man behind his Back; a secret and unseen way of circumventing, a laying wait to draw them that are Weak from the Truth.

Marginal references: Isa. 28.9.; Heb. 13.9.