“Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” Philippians 4:5

“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who ask you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behaviour in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.” 1 Peter 3:15

“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.” Galatians 6:1

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2

“But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.” 1 Timothy 6:11

“…and always to be gentle toward everyone.” Titus 3:2c

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, chosen and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Colossians 3:12-14

Word Study: Praus ("Gentleness")

William Barclay: “In classical Greek this is a lovely word. Of things it means ‘gentle’. It is used, for instance, of a gentle breeze or a gentle voice. Of persons it means ‘mild’ or ‘gracious’. For Aristotle every virtue consisted… between the two extremes. He defined [gentleness] as the mean between excessive anger and excessive angerlessness. He said that it was the secret of composure. We might put it this way—the man who is praus is the man who is always angry at the right time and never angry at the wrong time.
“That brings us to the use of praus which really illumines the whole matter. In Greek praus is used in one special sense. It is used for a beast which has been tamed. A horse which was once wild but which has become obedient to the bit and to the bridle is praus.
“Now herein lies the secret of the meaning of praus. There is gentleness in praus but behind the gentleness there is the strength of steel, for the supreme characteristic of the man who is praus is that he is the man who is under perfect control. It is not a spineless gentleness, a sentimental fondness, a passive quietism. It is a strength under control.
“To such a character no man can attain by himself and his own efforts. [Gentleness] is strength under control, but it would be wrong to say that the man who is gentle is perfectly self-controlled. He is perfectly God-controlled, for only God can give him that perfect mastery. It should be our prayer that God will make us praus, masters of ourselves, for only then can we be the servants of others.”

Jesus was powerfully gentle...
- Submitted Himself to the Father’s will in all matters
- Willingly suffered unjustly for the greater cause
- Turned the other cheek when He was insulted
- Held no grudges against those who persecuted Him
- Humbled Himself to death on a cross