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Forbearing one another (anechomenoi allēlōn). Present middle (direct) participle of anechō with the ablative case (allēlōn), “holding yourselves back from one another.”
Forgiving each other (charizomenoi heautois). Present middle participle also of charizomai with the dative case of the reflexive pronoun (heautois) instead of the reciprocal just before (allēlōn).
If any man have (ean tis echēi). Third class condition (ean and present active subjunctive of echō).
Complaint (momphēn). Old word from memphomai, to blame. Only here in N.T. Note pros here with tina in the sense of against for comparison with pros in Phi 2:30.
Even as the Lord (kathōs kai ho Kurios). Some MSS. read Christos for Kurios. But Christ’s forgiveness of us is here made the reason for our forgiveness of others. See note on Mat 6:12 and Mat 6:14. where our forgiveness of others is made by Jesus a prerequisite to our obtaining forgiveness from God.