Ephesians 4:32

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
  • 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
  • 1 Pet 3:8-9 : 8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous, 9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
  • 1 Cor 13:4 : 4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
  • Luke 17:4 : 4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
  • Mark 11:25 : 25 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
  • Matt 18:21-35 : 21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" 22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. 24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' 27 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 one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' 29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!' 30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done. 32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. 33 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?' 34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 1 John 2:12 : 12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
  • Gen 50:17-18 : 17 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18 His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, "Behold, we are your servants."
  • Ruth 2:20 : 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead." Naomi said to her, "The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen."
  • Ps 112:4-5 : 4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. 5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
  • Acts 28:2 : 2 The natives showed us uncommon 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 brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
  • Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head." 21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Luke 11:4 : 4 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

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