11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
Ephesians 4:2 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
- KJV King James Version
- With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- ASV American Standard Version
- with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't think proudly of yourselves; be gentle and patient, showing tolerance to each other in love.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,
- DBY Darby Translation
- with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετὰ | meta | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| πάσης | pasēs | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ταπεινοφροσύνης | tapeinophrosynēs | humility | G5012 ταπεινοφροσύνη humility |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| πραΰτητος | prautētos | gentleness | G4240 πραΰτης gentleness |
| μετὰ | meta | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| μακροθυμίας | makrothymias | patience | G3115 μακροθυμία patience |
| ἀνεχόμενοι | anechomenoi | bearing with | G430 ἀνέχω to endure |
| ἀλλήλων | allēlōn | one another | G240 ἀλλήλων one another |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ἀγάπῃ | agapē | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
Related verses
- Colossians 3:12–13
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
- 1 Corinthians 13:7
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–5
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
- Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- Romans 15:1
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Galatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- 1 Timothy 6:11
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Matthew 5:3–5
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Proverbs 3:34
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
- Numbers 12:3
Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
2 with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
Read all of Ephesians 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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