Ephesians 4:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things; 13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
  • 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
  • 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride: 9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. 15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
  • 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
  • Luke 17:4 : 4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.
  • Mark 11:25 : 25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
  • Matt 18:21-35 : 21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times? 22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven. 23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants. 24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. 25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all. 27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt. 28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt. 29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you. 30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt. 31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done. 32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me: 33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you? 34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt. 35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
  • 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
  • 1 John 2:12 : 12 I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
  • Gen 50:17-18 : 17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping. 18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.
  • Ruth 2:20 : 20 And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, May the blessing of the Lord, who has at all times been kind to the living and to the dead, be on him. And Naomi said to her, The man is of our family, one of our near relations.
  • Ps 112:4-5 : 4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity. 5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
  • Acts 28:2 : 2 And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.
  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

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    12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

    13 Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:

    14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

    15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

    16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

  • Eph 4:30-31
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    30 And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.

    31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

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    2 With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

    3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

  • 2 Cor 2:10
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    10 But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

  • Matt 6:14-15
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    14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

    15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

  • 1 Pet 3:8-9
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    8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

    9 Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

  • Matt 18:35
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    35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

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    35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

    36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

    37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

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    8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

  • Mark 11:25-26
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    25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

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  • Eph 4:23-26
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    23 And be made new in the spirit of your mind,

    24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.

    25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

    26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

  • 2 Cor 2:7
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    7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

  • Eph 2:4
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    4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

  • Matt 18:33
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    33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

  • Col 2:13
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    13 And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;

  • Eph 5:1-2
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    1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

    2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

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    12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

  • Luke 17:3-4
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    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

    4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.

  • Col 3:8-9
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    8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

    9 Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

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    4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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    7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

  • Gal 6:2
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    2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • 1 Kgs 8:50
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    50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

  • Col 1:14
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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • Rom 15:5
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    5 Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

  • Eph 4:20
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    20 For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

  • Acts 8:22
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    22 Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.

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    7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

  • Luke 6:31
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    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Eph 2:7
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    7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:

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    2 Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.