Ephesians 4:32

and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

Darby Translation

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 bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

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Cross References

Genesis 50:17Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Psalms 145:9Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Proverbs 19:22The charm of a man is his kindness; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.

Jeremiah 38:12And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put, I pray, [these] old shreds and rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father also will forgive you [yours],

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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