Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, plead to you that all of you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith all of you are called,
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2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; (o. agape)
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 you. Obey, I plead to you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto you: so it shall be well unto you, and your soul shall live.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore I plead to you, be all of you followers of me.
2 Corinthians 6:1We then, as workers together with him, plead to you also that all of you receive not the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 4:12Brethren, I plead to you, be as I am; for I am as all of you are: all of you have not injured me at all.
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 →