Ephesians 4:1
I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all humility and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;
Cross References
Romans 8:28But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16Now I conjure you, be followers of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1WE then as labourers with him, exhort you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
Galatians 4:12Be as I am, for I also am as ye are, brethren―this is my request to you: ye have not injured me in the least.
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 →