Ephesians 4:1
I exhort you, therefore, I the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all humility and meekness, with long-suffering; bearing with one another in love,
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:20And Jeremiah said, “Thou shalt not be delivered up to them. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah in what I speak to thee; so shall it be well with thee, and thou shalt live.
Romans 8:28We know moreover that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1As fellow-workers, then, with him, we also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;
Galatians 4:12Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as ye are; ye injured me in nothing.
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 →