Ephesians 4:32 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. ”

Ephesians 4:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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,...
Ephesians 4:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, (19) even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (19) An argument taken from the example of Christ, most grave and strong, b...
Ephesians 4:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:2 . Precepts of the New Life. Away then with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust. Remember the common membership ( Ephesians 4:25 ). Give the d...
Ephesians 4:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

kind . gracious. Greek. chrestos. App-184. tenderhearted . tenderly compassionate. Greek. eusplanchnos. Only here and 1 Peter 3:8 . forgiving , forgiven. App-184. one an other . each othe...
Ephesians 4:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 attende...
Ephesians 4:32 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2113 FORGIVENESS OF SINS Ephesians 4:32 . God, for Christ’s sake, hath forgiven you . IF a minister of Christ is bound to preach the Gospel with all plainness and fidelity, he is no...
Ephesians 4:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Be ye kind one to another - Γινεσθε - χρηστοι· Be kind and obliging to each other...
Ephesians 4:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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' х ginesthe ( G1096 )] ( Luke 7:42 ;...
Ephesians 4:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unity of the New Life. Rules for the New Life The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation....
Ephesians 4:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3 a ) In Ephesians 4:31 to Ephesians 5:2 , he deals with malignity, as utterly unworthy of the love of God manifested to us in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 DISCARDED VICES Ephesians 4:25-32 ; Ephesians 5:1-6 The transformation described in the last paragraph ( Ephesians 4:17-24 ) has now to be carried into detail. The vices of the old...
Ephesians 4:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Putting on the “New Man” Ephesians 4:20-32 The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is enshrined. But al...
Ephesians 4:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
Ephesians 4:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from th...
Ephesians 4:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ever...
Ephesians 4:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ver. 32. And be ye kind ] χρηστοι. Sweet natured, facile, and fair conditione...
Ephesians 4:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let all bitterness Of disposition or expression, or, as some render the word, all peevishness; and wrath Or indignation, as θυμος seems here to signify; that is, anger mingled with contempt or di...
Ephesians 4:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY (vs.1-6) In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the Church, the body of...
Ephesians 4:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. A. D. 61....
Ephesians 4:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And be ye kind; sweet, amiable, facile in words and conversation, Luke 6:35 . Tender-hearted; merciful, quickly moved to compassion: so we have bowels of mercies, Colossians 3:12 . Forgi...
Ephesians 4:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger and clamour, and railing, be put away from you with all malice, and you be kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Chri...
Ephesians 4:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 4:25 . Putting away lying. —Findlay holds to it that “ the lie, the falsehood , is objective and concrete; not lying , or falsehood , as a subjective a...
Ephesians 4:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:31-32 Love the Foe and Conqueror of Selfishness. Christianity denies the assumption, and challenges it all along the line, that pursuit of the higher life need be, in any sense or deg...
Ephesians 4:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 C...
Ephesians 4:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 4:1 . I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you a pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add affliction to my bonds; that ye walk worthy of the vocation...
Ephesians 4:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE . Ephesians 4:1-49 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS ; THE CHURCH A BODY . Ephesians 4:1 I therefore . I...
Ephesians 4:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of sins against Christian fellowship:
Ephesians 4:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:4 ; 1 John 1:9 ; 1 John 2:12 ; 1 Peter 3:8 ; 1 Peter 3:9 ; 2 Corinthians 2:10 ; 2 Corinthians 2:7 ; 2 Corinthians 6:6 ; 2 Peter 1:7 ; Acts 28:2 ; Colossians 3:12 ; Coloss...
Ephesians 4:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Higher Christian Life Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We...
Ephesians 4:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As God, showing himself kind and tenderhearted in the highest degree, hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:32 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 4:32 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 4:32 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 4:32 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 4:32 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 4:32 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 4:32 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 4:32 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 4:32 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 4:32 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes