Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as…”

Ephesians 4:32

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Be ye courteous one to another, and tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

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Cross references

“kind”

2 Corinthians 2:10 Luke 6:35 1 Corinthians 13:4 Romans 12:10 Proverbs 19:22 Ruth 2:20

2 Corinthians 2:10 · BSB

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

Luke 6:35 · BSB

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

1 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Romans 12:10 · BSB

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Proverbs 19:22 · BSB

The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Ruth 2:20 · BSB

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.…

“tender-hearted”

Psalm 145:9 James 5:11 Luke 1:78 Proverbs 12:10

Psalm 145:9 · BSB

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

James 5:11 · BSB

See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Luke 1:78 · BSB

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Proverbs 12:10 · BSB

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

“forgiving”

Mark 11:25 Ephesians 5:1 Luke 6:37 Matthew 6:12 Luke 17:4 1 John 2:12

Mark 11:25 · BSB

And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well. ”

Ephesians 5:1 · BSB

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Luke 6:37 · BSB

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Matthew 6:12 · BSB

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Luke 17:4 · BSB

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

1 John 2:12 · BSB

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

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