Ephesians 4:32 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 4:32

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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ASV

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

WEB

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

YLT

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

DBT

and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so asGod also in Christ has forgiven you.

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 6:14–15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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Col 3:12). even as--God hath shown Himself "kind, tender-hearted, and forgiving to you"; it is but just that you in turn shall be so to your fellow men, who have not erred against you in the degree that you have erred against God (Mt 18:33). God for Christ's sake--rather as Greek, "God in Christ" (2Co 5:19). It is in Christ that God vouchsafes forgiveness to us.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

This is solemnly introduced: " This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord; that is, seeing the matter is as above described, seeing you are members of Christ's body and partakers of such gifts, this I urge upon your consciences, and bear witness to as your duty in the Lord's name, and by virtue of the authority I have derived from him." Consider, I.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, With God there is forgiveness; and he forgives sin for the sake of Jesus Christ, and on account of that atonement which he has made to divine justice.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The Fruit of the SpiritGives kindness its engine: forgive one another because God in Christ has already forgiven you.

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