2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; …
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, …
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-16)Here the apostle proceeds to more particular exhortations. Two he enlarges upon in this chapter:—To unity an love, purity and holiness, which Christians should very much study. We do not walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called if we be not faithful friends to all Christians, and sworn enemies to all sin. This section contains the exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, with the…
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