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Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as God forgave you in Christ.

Explanation

Paul has told believers to put away bitterness, anger and slander (4:31). In its place come kindness, tenderness and forgiveness. The measure for forgiving others is how God has forgiven us.

Original language
  • χρηστοί (chrēstoi): good/kind
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G5543 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Kind.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:32, word 5

  • εὔσπλαγχνοι (eusplagchnoi): compassionate
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G2155 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Tender-hearted, compassionate.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:32, word 6

  • χαριζόμενοι (charizomenoi): to give grace
    Greek · Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G5483 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Forgiving: showing grace.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:32, word 7

  • ἐχαρίσατο (echarisato): to give grace
    Greek · Verb, aorist, middle (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G5483 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Forgave.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 4:32, word 15

Cross-references
  • Ephesians 4:31 · Surrounding passage

    Get rid of all bitterness and anger.

  • Colossians 3:13 · Parallel account

    Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

  • Matthew 6:14 · Same theme

    If you forgive others, your Father will forgive you.

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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

γίνεσθε δὲ εἰς ἀλλήλους χρηστοί, εὔσπλαγχνοι, χαριζόμενοι ἑαυτοῖς καθὼς καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν Χριστῷ ἐχαρίσατο ὑμῖν.

  1. γίνεσθεginesthe“do be”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), imperative, 2nd person plural · from γίνομαι · “to be” · Strong's G1096
  2. δὲde“now”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. εἰςeis“to”
    Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
  4. ἀλλήλουςallēlous“one another”
    Reciprocal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine · from ἀλλήλων · “one another” · Strong's G0240
  5. χρηστοί,chrēstoi“kind,”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from χρηστός · “good/kind” · Strong's G5543
  6. εὔσπλαγχνοι,eusplagchnoi“tender-hearted,”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from εὔσπλαγχνος · “compassionate” · Strong's G2155
  7. χαριζόμενοιcharizomenoi“forgiving”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from χαρίζω · “to give grace” · Strong's G5483
  8. ἑαυτοῖςhe'autois“each other”
    Reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural, masculine · from ἑαυτοῦ · “my/your/him-self” · Strong's G1438
  9. καθὼςkathōs“even as”
    Conjunction · from καθώς · “as/just as” · Strong's G2531
  10. καὶkai“also”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  11. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. θεὸςtheos“God”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  13. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  14. ΧριστῷChristō“Christ”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  15. ἐχαρίσατοecharisato“forgave”
    Verb, aorist, middle (deponent), indicative, 3rd person singular · from χαρίζω · “to give grace” · Strong's G5483
  16. ὑμῖν.humin“you.”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)

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