Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.
Psalms 138:6For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth from afar.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto 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 →