Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Holman Bible
And be kind
International Standard Version
And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.
American Standard Version
and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Amplified
Be kind and helpful to one another, tender-hearted [compassionate, understanding], forgiving one another [readily and freely], just as God in Christ also forgave
An Understandable Version
and be kind and compassionate toward one another, forgiving each other, just as God also forgave you [because of your fellowship] in Christ.
Anderson New Testament
and be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Bible in Basic English
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
Common New Testament
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
be mutually kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Darby Translation
and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
Godbey New Testament
But be ye kind toward one another, merciful, forgiving one another, as indeed God in Christ forgave you.
Goodspeed New Testament
You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
John Wesley New Testament
And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted; forgiving one another; as God also for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Julia Smith Translation
And be ye kind one to another, having good bowels, favoring each other, as also God in Christ Jesus favored you.
King James 2000
And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.
Modern King James verseion
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.
Moffatt New Testament
be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.
Montgomery New Testament
and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ has forgiven you.
NET Bible
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
New Heart English Bible
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Noyes New Testament
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Sawyer New Testament
But be kind one to another, merciful, giving one to another, as God also in Christ gave to you.
The Emphasized Bible
And be ye gracious one to another, tenderly affectionate, in favour forgiving one another - even as, God also, in Christ, hath in favour forgiven you;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but be ye kind one to another, full of sensibility, forgiving mutually, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.
Webster
And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Weymouth New Testament
On the contrary learn to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ has also forgiven you.
Williams New Testament
You must practice being kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has graciously forgiven you.
World English Bible
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Worrell New Testament
and become kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Worsley New Testament
tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgiveth you.
Youngs Literal Translation
and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.
Themes
Brotherly kindness » Encouraged
Communion of saints » In mutual sympathy and kindness
Forgiveness » The lord forgiving
Forgiveness » Human, encouraged
Forgiveness » Forgiving others
Forgiveness of injuries » Motives to » God's forgiveness of us
The Heart » Should be » Tender
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Ephesians 4:32
Devotionals containing Ephesians 4:32
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 4:32
Images Ephesians 4:32
Prayers for Ephesians 4:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Old Behavior, New Behavior, And Motivation
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil. 32 And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.
Cross References
Colossians 3:12-13
Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,
2 Corinthians 2:10
But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14-15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mark 11:25
And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 6:37
And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.
Romans 12:20-21
Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up.
2 Corinthians 2:7
so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.
Ephesians 5:1
Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
1 Peter 3:8-9
And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly,
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
Genesis 50:17-18
So shall ye say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brothers, and their sin, because they did to thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Jo
Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of LORD who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our near kinsmen.
Psalm 112:4-5
To the upright there arises light in the darkness. [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Psalm 112:9
He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Psalm 145:9
LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 19:22
That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness, and a poor man is better than a liar.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].
Matthew 18:21-35
Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?
Luke 1:78
because of the bowels of mercy of our God, by which the dayspring from on high came to help us,
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
Luke 11:4
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Luke 17:4
And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.
Acts 28:2
And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Romans 12:10
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
2 Corinthians 6:6
in purity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in Holy Spirit, in non-hypocritical love,
James 5:11
Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful.
2 Peter 1:7
and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love.
1 John 2:12
I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.