Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:… I call to mind an occasion when the son of a Christian man was guilty of an act of disobedience in the home. Hearing of it, the father quietly but firmly said, "Son, I am pained beyond measure at your conduct." "How well," said that father, "I remember his return from school at mid-day, his quiet knock at the study door, his clear tremulous utterance, 'Father, I am so ashamed of myself by reason of my conduct this morning.' Refuse to restore him!" said that father. "Unhesitatingly I confess that I never loved my boy more than at that moment, nor did I ever more readily implant the kiss of forgiveness than at that instant. Refuse to restore him: disown him, have him leave the house, take another name, say that he had no place in the family — not my child!" What blasphemy against humanity is this! And shall we dare to attribute such conduct to the Holy Father in heaven, "who spared not His own Son, but freely delivered Him up for us all?" (Henry Varley.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:WEB: Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. |
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