Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

In Context

1Call upon you, then, do I — the prisoner of the Lord — to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

3being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

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Cross References

Numbers 12:3And the man Moses [is] very humble, more than any of the men who [are] on the face of the ground.

Psalms 138:6For high [is] Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

Proverbs 16:19Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

Zechariah 9:9Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous — and saved is He, Afflicted — and riding on an ass, And on a colt — a son of she-asses.

Matthew 11:29take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble 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 →

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