Ephesians 4:2
Don't think proudly of yourselves; be gentle and patient, showing tolerance to each other in love.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3Make every effort to remain one in the Spirit through the peace that binds you together.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Moses was a very humble man, more than anyone else on earth.
Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is high above, he pays attention to the lowly; but he recognizes the proud a long way off.
Proverbs 16:19Better to have a humble spirit and live with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to announce liberation to the captives, to set the prisoners free,
Zechariah 9:9Be happy and celebrate, people of Zion! Shout loudly, people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He does what is right and has salvation; he is humble, riding on a donkey—on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Matthew 11:29Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need.
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 →