Ephesians 4:32
Good News Translation
Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.

New Revised Standard Version
and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, be kind and merciful, and forgive others, just as God forgave you because of Christ.

New American Bible
[And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.

kind.

Ruth 2:20 And Noemi answered her: Blessed be he of the Lord: because the same kindness which he shewed to the living, he hath kept also to the dead. And again she said: The man is our kinsman.

Psalm 112:4,5,9 To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just. . . .

Proverbs 19:22 A needy man is merciful: and better is the poor than the lying man.

Isaiah 57:1 The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil.

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Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

Acts 28:2 For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.

Romans 12:10 Loving one another with the charity of brotherhood: with honour preventing one another.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

2 Corinthians 2:10 And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ:

2 Corinthians 6:6 In chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned,

Colossians 3:12,13 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: . . .

2 Peter 1:7 And in godliness, love of brotherhood: and in love of brotherhood, charity.

tender-hearted.

Psalm 145:9 The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Proverbs 12:10 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.

Luke 1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

James 5:11 Behold, we account them blessed who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

forgiving.

Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:

Genesis 50:17,18 That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practised against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept. . . .

Matthew 6:12,14,15 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. . . .

Matthew 18:21-35 Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? . . .

Mark 11:25,26 And when you shall stand to pray, forgive, if you have aught against any man: that your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your sins. . . .

Luke 6:37 Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven.

Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.

Luke 17:4 And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent: forgive him.

Romans 12:20,21 But if the enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. . . .

2 Corinthians 2:7,10 So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. . . .

Colossians 3:12,13 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: . . .

1 Peter 3:8,9 And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble: . . .

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

1 John 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Context
New Life in Christ
31Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice. 32And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:21
For thy word's sake, and according to thy own heart thou has done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.

Proverbs 19:11
The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

Matthew 6:14
For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.

Matthew 18:33
Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

1 Corinthians 13:4
Charity is patient, is kind: charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely, is not puffed up,

2 Corinthians 2:7
So that on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

2 Corinthians 2:10
And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ:

Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:

Colossians 3:12
Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:

Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another. Even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.

1 Peter 3:8
And in fine, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:

Ephesians 4:31
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