Ephesians 4:32

American Standard Version (1901)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Γίνεσθε δὲ εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοί, εὔσπλαγχνοι, χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐν Χριστῷ ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

Be ginesthe de toward one another chrēstoi, eusplagchnoi, charizomenoi to yourselves, kathōs also the Theos in Christō echarisato to you.

Grammar Details

• *ginesthe*: present middle/passive imperative, 2nd plural - become/be
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *chrēstoi*: nominative masculine plural - kind
• *eusplagchnoi*: nominative masculine plural - tenderhearted
• *charizomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - forgiving
• *kathōs*: adverb - just as/even as
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *Christō*: dative masculine singular - in Christ
• *echarisato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - forgave/showed favor

Word Meanings

• *ginesthe*: become/be
• *chrēstoi*: kind/good/gracious
• *eusplagchnoi*: tenderhearted/compassionate
• *charizomenoi*: forgiving/showing favor to
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *echarisato*: forgave/showed favor/graciously gave

Referenced Verses

• Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
• 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;
• 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Finally, [be] ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded: 9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
• 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
• Luke 17:4 : 4 And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
• Mark 11:25 : 25 And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
• Luke 6:37 : 37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
• Matt 18:21-35 : 21 Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But forasmuch as he had not [wherewith] to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest. 29 So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. 30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due. 31 So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32 Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me: 33 shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due. 35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
• Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
• Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
• 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.
• 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1 John 2:12 : 12 I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
• Prov 19:22 : 22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
• Gen 50:17-18 : 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
• Ruth 2:20 : 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.
• Ps 112:4-5 : 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous. 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
• Ps 145:9 : 9 Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.
• Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
• Acts 28:2 : 2 And the barbarians showed us no common kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
• Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
• Rom 12:20-21 : 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
• Luke 11:4 : 4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
• Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
• Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come] .