Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Cross References
Genesis 5:24and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Jeremiah 38:20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.
Romans 8:28And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
Galatians 4:12I beseech you, brethren, be as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye 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 →