“Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
One of the older boys was playing too roughly with his baby sister, so his mother whispered quietly, “Honey, be gentle.” She had learned from the Word that a “soft” voice is very effective (Prov. 15:1).
The Lord Jesus was gentle, “meek and lowly in heart” (Matt. 11:29). The word meek means humble or gentle, not giving or taking offense.
The same skillful hands that formed the sea and the dry land, the sun, moon, and stars, touched little children. He touched blind eyes, the dumb and deaf, and the leper. He touched the hand of a dead girl, and the hand of Peter’s wife’s mother. With the same loving hands, the Lord “gently leads” mothers with little ones (Isaiah 40:11).
“The gentleness of Christ” motivated Paul in dealing with the Corinthians (2 Cor.10:1). Paul was “gentle ... as a nurse” with the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 2:7).
The Scriptures encourage all of us to be loving and kind to each other (1 Peter 5:5). The servant of the Lord must not “contend, but be gentle towards all” (2 Tim. 2:24 JND).
Fathers should not “provoke their children to anger” (Col. 3:21; Eph. 6:4).
Wives are told to have a “meek and quiet spirit” (1 Peter 3:4).
Young women are to love their husbands and children (Titus 2:4).
Be ye kind one to another, including employers and employees (Eph. 4:32) (See also Col. 4:1; 3:22).
“All of you bind on humility towards one another” (1 Peter 5:5 JND).