Ephesians 4:1
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
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2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
Jeremiah 38:20“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Galatians 4:12I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. 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 →