Ephesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love;
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
In Context
3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Cross References
Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men who were upon the face of the earth.)
Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, 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 publish good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, 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 to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to 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 →