King James Version

Ephesians 4:32

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before to here.

γίνεσθεginesthebeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person plural — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.beεἰςeisone to anotherεἰςpreposition — “one to another”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.one to anotherἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “one another”, the object formG240one another, each other.χρηστοίchrēstoigoodχρηστός (chrēstos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “good”, the subject formG5543useful, gentle, pleasant, kind.εὔσπλαγχνοιeusplanchnoitenderheartedεὔσπλαγχνος (eusplanchnos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “tenderhearted”, the subject formG2155tender-hearted, merciful, compassionate.tenderheartedχαριζόμενοιcharizomenoiforgivingχαρίζομαι (charizomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “forgiving”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5483(a) I show favor to, (b) I pardon, forgive, (c) I show kindness.forgivingἑαυτοῖςheautoisone anotherἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “one another”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.one anotherκαθὼςkathōseven asκαθώςconjunction — “even as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.even asκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἐνenforἐνpreposition — “for”G1722in, on, among.forΧριστῷchristōChrist'sΧριστός (christos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Christ's”, the to- or for-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christ'sἐχαρίσατοecharisatohath forgivenχαρίζομαι (charizomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath forgiven”, a single actionG5483(a) I show favor to, (b) I pardon, forgive, (c) I show kindness.hath forgivenὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.you

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Young’s Literal Translation

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

World English Bible

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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