32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
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Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; …
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: …
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: …
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-32)The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the Eph. 2:16; there follows in these an exhortation to Christian purity and holiness of heart and life, and that both more general (Eph. 4:17-24) and in several particular instances, Eph. 4:25-32. This is solemnly introduced: “ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord ; that is, seeing the matter is as abo…
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