KJV King James Version
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
WEB World English Bible
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
ASV American Standard Version
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
Surrounding context — Ephesians 4
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
γίνεσθεG1096 · ginomaito beεἰςG1519 · eistowardἀλλήλουςG240 · allēlōnone anotherχρηστοί,G5543 · chrēstosgood/kindεὔσπλαγχνοι,G2155 · eusplagchnoscompassionateχαριζόμενοιG5483 · charizōto give graceἑαυτοῖςG1438 · heautouthemselfκαθὼςG2531 · kathōsas/just asκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongΧριστῷG5547 · ChristosChristἐχαρίσατοG5483 · charizōto give graceὑμῖν.¶G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Colossians 3:12-13Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;Matthew 6:14-15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.1 Peter 3:8-9Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:2 Corinthians 2:10To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes [forgave I it] in the person of Christ;Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.Luke 6:37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.Luke 17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,Psalm 145:9The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.Romans 12:20-21Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.1 John 2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.Romans 12:10[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Psalm 112:4-5Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Matthew 18:21-35Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
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