Verse
Ephesians 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another…
“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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The verses around Ephesians 4:32.
30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Verse explanation
Paul ends the chapter with the positive contrast: kindness, tender-heartedness, and mutual forgiveness, using as a model the very forgiveness God has already given in Christ.
From the Ephesians 4 study in Bible in Stories.
Ephesians 4:32 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Antes sêde uns para com os outros benignos, misericordiosos, perdoando-*vos uns aos outros, como tambem Deus vos perdoou em Christo.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Em vez disso, sede benignos uns com os outros, misericordiosos, perdoando-vos uns aos outros, como também Deus vos perdoou em Cristo.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Sean amables y compasivos unos con otros, perdonándose unos a otros, así como Cristo los perdonó a ustedes.
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More verses about forgiveness
- Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
- Colossians 3:13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ…
- Matthew 18:21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till…
- Matthew 18:22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
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