Ephesians 4:32 (WEB)
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
Catechism · 1
“Then the unity of forgiveness becomes possible and we find ourselves "forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave" us.” — Catechism footnote: Eph 4:32.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“And so it will be becoming for ‘the sons of God’ too to be ‘pitiful-hearted’ and ‘peacemakers;’ ‘giving in their turn just as Christ withal hath given to us;’ ‘not judging, that we be not judged.’” — editor's note: Comp. Matt. x. 8; but the reference seems to be to Eph. iv. 32, where the Vulgate reads almost as Tertullian does, “donantes invicem, sicut et Deus in Christo…
Read the whole comment“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: but be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 25–32.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Here you have the rule.” — editor's note: Col. iii. 13; Eph. iv. 32.
Read the whole comment“But since we are speaking of the remission of sins, lest ye should think it too high a thing to imitate Christ, hear the Apostle saying, “Forgiving one another, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 13; Eph. iv. 32.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Catechism §2842.
Cited together in Catechism §2842.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 45.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in Catechism §2842.
Cited together in Catechism §2842.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in Catechism §2842.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 45.
Cited together in Catechism §2842.