1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; …
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)Here we have the exhortation to mutual love, or to Christian charity. The apostle had been insisting on this in the former chapter, and particularly in the Eph. 4:17-32 of it, to which the particle therefore refers, and connects what he had said there with what is contained in these verses, thus: “Because God, for Christ’s sake, has forgiven you, therefore be you followers of God, or imitators of…
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