Ephesians 4:32 (DBY)

Passage

and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

Ephesians 4:32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "kind", "compassionate", "forgiving", "christ", and "forgiven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "another" and "kind", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Let all bitterness and heat of passion...", giving immediate footing for "another" and "kind". In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "another" and "kind" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.