Ephesians 4:1
Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
Jeremiah 38:20And Jeremiah saith, 'They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of Jehovah, to that which I am speaking unto thee, and it is well for thee, and thy soul doth live.
Romans 8:28And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
1 Corinthians 4:16I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
2 Corinthians 6:1And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God —
Galatians 4:12Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,
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 →