Ephesians 4:1
*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Jeremiah 38:20And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [thee] over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
Romans 8:28But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.
2 Corinthians 6:1But [as] fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
Galatians 4:12Be as *I* [am], for *I* also [am] as *ye*, brethren, I beseech you: ye have not at all wronged me.
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 →