Ephesians 4:32

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. AND - `But.' BE YE - `become' [ ginesthe (G1096)] (Luke 7:42; Colossians 3:12). TENDER-HEARTED, [ eusplangchnoi (G2155)] - with 'bowels of compassion,' Greek (1 Peter 3:8). FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER - literally, 'yourselves:' in forgiving one another, it is yourselves that you forgive (Origen). EVEN AS. God has shown...

32._And be ye kind one to another. _With _bitterness _he contrasts _kindness, _or gentleness of countenance, language, and manners. And as this virtue will never reign in us, unless attended by _compassion, _( ουμπάθεια,) he recommends to us to be _tender-hearted _This will lead us not only to sympathize with the distresses of our brethren, as if they were our own, but to cultivate that true humanity which is affected by everything that happens to them, in the same manner as if we were in their situation. The contrary of this is the cruelty of those iron-hearted, barbarous men, by whom the sufferings of others are beheld without any concern whatever. _Forgiving one another. _The Greek word here rendered_forgiving, _( χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς,) is supposed by to mean beneficence. Erasmus, accordingly, renders it (_largientes _) bountiful.

29-32 Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians to seek, by the blessing of God, to bring persons to think seriously, and to encourage and warn believers by their conversation. Be ye kind one to another. This sets forth the principle of love in the heart, and the outward expression of it, in a humble, courteous behaviour. Mark how God's forgiveness causes us to forgive. God forgives us, though we had no cause to sin against him. We must forgive, as he has forgiven us. All lying, and corrupt communications, that stir up evil desires and lusts, grieve the Spirit of God. Corrupt passions of bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil-speaking, and malice, grieve the Holy Spirit. Provoke not the holy, blessed Spirit of God to withdraw his presenc...

Verse Ephesians 4:32. _BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER_] γινεσθε χρηστοι. Be _kind_ and _obliging_ to each other; study _good breeding_ and _gentleness of_ _manners_. A Christian _cannot_ be a _savage_, and he _need not_ be a _boor_. Never put any person to needless pain. _TENDER-HEARTED_] ευσπλαγχνοι. _Compassionate_; having the _bowels easily moved_ (as the word implies) to commiserate the state of the wretched and distressed. _FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER_] Should you receive any injury from a brother, or from any man, be as ready to forgive _him_, on his _repentance_ and _acknowledgment_, as God was, for Christ's sake, to forgive you when you repented of your sins, and took refuge in his mercy. 1. THE _exhortations_ given in this chapter,

AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER - Benignant, mild, courteous, “polite” - χρηστοὶ chrēstoi. 1 Peter 3:8. Christianity produces true courteousness, or politeness. It does not make one rough, crabby, or sour; nor does it dispose its followers to violate the proper rules of social contact. The secret of true politeness is “benevolence,” or a desire to make others happy; and a Christian should be the most polite of people. There is no religion in a sour, misanthropic temper; none in rudeness, stiffness, and repulsiveness; none in violating the rules of good breeding. There is a hollow-hearted politeness, indeed, which the Christian is not to aim at or copy. His politeness is to be based on “kindness;” Colossians 3:12. His cour

EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY. EPHESIANS 4:1 I THEREFORE. Inference not only from last chapter, but the whole Epistle. Paul's interest in the Ephesians led him to a double application of the great subject which he had expounded: (1) to ask God on their behalf that he would bestow on them the full measure of the blessing to which of his grace they were entitled ...

AND BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER,.... Good, affable, courteous; which appears in looks, words, and actions; by looking pleasantly on each other, speaking kindly to one another, and mutually doing every good office that lies in their way, and in their power: TENDER HEARTED: which is opposed to a being hard hearted to them that are in distress, and close at hand to the needy; to cruelty and severity to such who are subject to them, or have injured them; and to a rigid and censorious spirit to them that are fallen: FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD FOR CHRIST'S SAKE HATH FORGIVEN YOU; whatever offences are given, or injuries done by the saints one to another, and so far as they are committed against them, they should forgive, and should pray to God for one another, that he would manifest his forgiveness of them, as committed against him; and this should be done in like manner as God forgive...

Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_ «You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Christ, you are called to be kings and priests unto God; this is the highest possible vocation that anyone can have, so walk worthy of it.» O beloved, if we walk worthy of this vocation, what holy and noble lives we shall lead! The apostle so much desired godliness and holiness to be the characteristics of those to whom he wrote that he used a very strong term of entreaty: «I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,- Ephesians 4:2. _With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;-«_ You are not called to h

EPHESIANS 4:32 u`mi/n {B} In the light of the earlier part of the sentence the reading u`mi/n, which is adequately supported by î46 a A G P 81 614 most of the Old Latin copsa, bo goth eth _al_, seems to be required by the sense. The origin of the reading h`mi/n (î49vid B Dgr K Y 33 1739 syrp, h arm _al_) may have been accidental, through confusion arising from similar pronunciation of u and h in later Greek. (See also the comments on the next two sets of variant readings.)...

3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Chapter S 4:17-5:21 _ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_ 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5:1) 4. Exhortations (Ephesians 5:3) At this point the exhortations to walk in separation begin. The “therefore” of Ephesians 4:17 refers us to the “wherefore” of Ephesians 2:11. What Gentiles are in their natural c