Ephesians 4:2
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Proverbs 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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 →