Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in Lord, call on you to walk worthily of the calling in which ye were called,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of LORD, in that which I speak to thee, so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain
Galatians 4:12I beseech you, brothers, become like me, because I also am like ye. Ye wronged me in nothing.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:1
We have gone through the former part of this epistle, which consists of several important doctrinal truths, contained in the three preceding chapters. We enter now on the latter part of it, in which we have the most weighty and serious exhortations that can be given. We may observe that in this, as in most others of Paul's epistles, the former part is doctrinal, and fitted to inform the minds of men in the great truths and doctrines of the gospel, the latter is practical, and designed for the direction of their… Read the whole commentary →