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Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Ephesians 4:2
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Live with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Explanation

Ephesians 4 begins the practical half of the letter. Paul urges believers to live worthy of their calling (4:1). He starts with how they treat one another.

Original language
  • ταπεινοφροσύνης (tapeinophrosunēs): humility
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G5012 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Humility, lowliness.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:2, word 3

  • πραΰτητος (prautētos): gentleness
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G4236 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Gentleness.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:2, word 5

  • μακροθυμίας (makrothumias): patience
    Greek · Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · Strong's G3115 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Patience.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:2, word 7

  • ἀνεχόμενοι (anechomenoi): to endure
    Greek · Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G0430 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Bearing with, putting up with.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:2, word 8

  • ἀγάπῃ (agapē): love
    Greek · Noun, dative, singular, feminine · Strong's G0026 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Love.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:2, word 11

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Original language (Greek)

μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πραΰτητος, μετὰ μακροθυμίας, ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ,

  1. μετὰmeta“with”
    Preposition · from μετά · “with/after” · Strong's G3326
  2. πάσηςpasēs“all”
    Adjective, genitive, singular, feminine · from πᾶς · “all” · Strong's G3956
  3. ταπεινοφροσύνηςtapeinophrosunēs“humility”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ταπεινοφροσύνη · “humility” · Strong's G5012
  4. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  5. πραΰτητος,prautētos“gentleness,”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from πραΰτης · “gentleness” · Strong's G4236
  6. μετὰmeta“with”
    Preposition · from μετά · “with/after” · Strong's G3326
  7. μακροθυμίας,makrothumias“patience,”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from μακροθυμία · “patience” · Strong's G3115
  8. ἀνεχόμενοιanechomenoi“bearing with”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from ἀνέχω · “to endure” · Strong's G0430
  9. ἀλλήλωνallēlōn“one another”
    Reciprocal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine · “one another” · Strong's G0240
  10. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  11. ἀγάπῃ,agapē“love,”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from ἀγάπη · “love” · Strong's G0026
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)