Ephesians 4:32

Instead of malice, believers are to be kind, compassionate, and forgiving, just as God in Christ forgave them. Our forgiveness of others flows from God's forgiveness of us.

Cross-references · 31

• Col 3:12–13Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Matt 6:14–15For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• 1 Pet 3:8–9Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 2 Cor 2:10To 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;
• Eph 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• Luke 6:35But 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.
• Luke 6:37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
• Matt 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• Luke 17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
• 1 Cor 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
• Ps 145:9The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
• Rom 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
• Rom 12:20–21Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
• 1 Jn 2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
• Matt 18:21–35Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
• 1 Jn 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Ps 112:4–5Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• 2 Cor 2:7So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• Jas 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
• Gen 50:17–18So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
• Prov 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
• 2 Cor 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• Ruth 2:20And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
• Prov 12:10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
• Isa 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
• Acts 28:2And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
• 2 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

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