Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

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In The King James Version

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

In Context

31Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

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Cross References

Genesis 50:17You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

Psalms 112:4For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

Proverbs 19:22The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

Jeremiah 38:12And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put these bits of old cloth under your arms under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Matthew 6:14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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