Ephesians 4:32 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³² and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave 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

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

2 Corinthians 2:10

Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. 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

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

Luke 6:37

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

Luke 17:4

and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

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 for his sake.

Romans 12:10

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

1 John 1:9

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

2 Corinthians 2:7

so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

James 5:11

Behold, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

2 Corinthians 6:6

by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love,

Luke 11:4

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.”

Luke 1:78

through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity,

Proverbs 19:22

What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Psalm 112:9

He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

Ruth 2:20

And 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 brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.

Acts 28:2

And the natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

2 Samuel 7:21

Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.

Proverbs 19:11

Good sense makes a man slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Jeremiah 38:12

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