Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Psalms 138:6For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
Proverbs 16:19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Isaiah 61:1The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even 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 →