6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Jer 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
• Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
• Mark 11:25 — And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Matt 6:14 — For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• Matt 18:21 — Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
• Phil 1:8 — For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• Phlm 1:17 — If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
• Phlm 1:20 — Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
• Rom 11:14 — If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.