Ephesians 4:2
With all humblenesse of minde, and meekenesse, with long suffering, supporting one an other through loue,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3Endeuouring to keepe the vnitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(But Moses was a verie meeke man, aboue all the men that were vpon the earth)
Psalms 138:6For the Lord is high: yet he beholdeth the lowly, but the proude he knoweth afarre off.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is vpon mee, therefore hath the Lord anoynted mee: hee hath sent mee to preache good tidings vnto the poore, to binde vp the broken hearted, to preach libertie to the captiues, and to them that are bound, the opening of the prison,
Zechariah 9:9Reioyce greatly, O daughter Zion: shoute for ioy, O daughter Ierusalem: beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee: he is iust and saued himselfe, poore and riding vpon an asse, and vpon a colt the foale of an asse.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
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 →