Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ephesians 4:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
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Role in This Section
Humility, gentleness, patience, and loving forbearance describe the manner of the worthy walk.
Read It With
- Ephesians 4:1–6
Read Ephesians 4:1–6 as a complete section. Verse 1 turns the letter with ‘therefore’; verses 2–3 describe the character that guards unity, and verses 4–6 ground that unity in the sevenfold confession of one body, Spirit, hope, Lord, faith, baptism, and Father.
Why It Needs Context
The worthy walk, unity-preserving character, and shared confession belong together, so one virtue or one ‘one’ must not replace the paragraph's full appeal.
Read Ephesians 4:1–6 together
Why these verses belong together: The worthy walk, unity-preserving character, and sevenfold confession form the letter's opening ethical appeal.
Verse 1. 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Verse 2. 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Verse 3. 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Verse 4. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Verse 5. 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Verse 6. 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ephesians 4:1–6 — Walk Worthily by Guarding UnitySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact KJV wording and immediate English context for Ephesians 4:1–6.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, Ephesians 4; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording and sentence relationships used to check the passage.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/Eph.txt, Ephesians 4, verses within Ephesians 4:1–6.
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