Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and mildness, with longsuffering, forbearing each other in love.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.
Psalms 138:6For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, thy king comes to thee. He is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:2
Consistency Enforced. ( a. d. 61.) 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, This is a general exhortation to walk as becomes our Christian profession. Paul was now a prisoner at Rome; and he was the prisoner of the Lord, or in the Lord, which signifies as much as for the Lord. See of this, ch. iii. 1 . He mentions this once and again, to show that he was not ashamed of his bonds, well knowing that he suffered not as an evil doer: and likewise… Read the whole commentary →