Cross references

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Ephesians 4:32 BSB

Ephesians 4:32 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 31 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 3:12–13 (100 votes) and Matthew 6:14–15 (75 votes). 51 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Genesis 45 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Ephesians 4:32 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

  2. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

  3. Mark 11:2567 votes

    And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

  4. Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

  5. If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,

  6. Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

  7. Luke 6:3745 votes

    Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  8. Luke 6:3542 votes

    But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

  9. Matthew 6:1236 votes

    And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

  10. Luke 17:435 votes

    Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

  11. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

  12. Psalm 145:932 votes
  13. Romans 12:1028 votes
  14. 1 John 2:1228 votes
  15. 1 John 1:924 votes

Which verses point to Ephesians 4:32?

The 10 strongest of 51.