Ephesians 4:1
I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,
Cross References
Genesis 5:24and Enoch walked with God,—and was not for God had taken him.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver!—Hearken I pray thee unto the voice of Yahweh in what I am speaking unto thee, that it may be well with thee and thy soul live.
Romans 8:28We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good,—unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;
1 Corinthians 4:16I beseech you, therefore,—become imitators of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1As co-workers, however, we also beseech, that, not in vain, the favour of God, ye welcome;
Galatians 4:12Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye,—brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.
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 →