Ephesians 4:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³² Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Common English Bible

³² Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Ephesians 4:32 Cross References

Mark 11:25

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”

2 Corinthians 2:10

Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. In fact, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,

Luke 6:35

Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Luke 6:37

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

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant

Luke 17:4

And if the same person sins against you seven times a day and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.”

Matthew 6:12

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

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by even worse grief.

James 5:11

Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

2 Corinthians 6:6

in purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love,

Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.”

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perish, and no one considers why; the devout are taken away, while no one understands that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.

Proverbs 19:22

What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Psalm 112:9

They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Ruth 2:20

Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!” Naomi also said to her, “The man is a relative of ours, one of our nearest kin.”

2 Peter 1:7

and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.

Acts 28:2

The local people showed us unusual kindness. Since it had begun to rain and was cold, they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us around it.

2 Samuel 7:21

Because of your promise and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness so that your servant may know it.

Proverbs 19:11

Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Jeremiah 38:12

Then Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Just put the rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did so.