Ephesians 4:1
I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
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2With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life.
Romans 8:28And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16So my desire is that you take me as your example.
2 Corinthians 6:1We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Galatians 4:12My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
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 →