Ephesians 4:15 (WEB)

Passage

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Ephesians 4:14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Ephesians 4:15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Ephesians 4:16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "speaking", "truth", "love", "grow", "head", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "speaking", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "that we may no longer be children..." into verse 16's "from whom all the body being fitted...", so "all things" and "speaking" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "speaking" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.