Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
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2with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.
Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 4:12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did 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 →