Ephesians 4:15 (YLT)

Passage

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:13 till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

Ephesians 4:14 that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

Ephesians 4:15 and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:17 This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "true", "love", "increase", "head--the", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "true", 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 more be babes..." into verse 16's "from whom the whole body being fitly...", so "all things" and "true" 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 "true" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.