Ephesians 4:26

Ephesians 4:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• New International Version (NIV)“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

Context of Ephesians 4:26

24and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth. 25Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27neither give place to the devil. 28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Ephesians 4:26 word by word

ὀργίζεσθε καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε· ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ τῷ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν·Read the interlinear

• angryὀργίζωorgizō · to angerG3710
• sinἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:26

• Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
• Exodus 11:8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
• Exodus 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
• Numbers 20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
• Numbers 25:7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
• Nehemiah 5:6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
• Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. [Selah
• Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
• Psalms 106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
• Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
• Proverbs 25:23The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Matthew 5:22but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
• Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
• Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Be ye angry, and sin not - , here, is the same as , If Ye be angry, do not sin. We can never suppose that the apostle delivers this as a precept, if we take the words as they stand in our version. Perhaps the sense is, Take heed that ye be not angry, lest ye sin; for it would be very difficult, even for an apostle himself, to be angry and not sin. If we consider anger as implying displeasure simply, then there are a multitude of cases in which a man may…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Be ye angry and sin not - It has been remarked that the direction here is conformable to the usage of the Pythagoreans, who were bound, when there were any differences among them, to furnish some token of reconciliation before the sun set. Burder, in Ros. Alt. u. neu. Morgenland, in loc. It is implied here: (1) that there “may” be anger without sin; and, (2) that there is special danger in all cases where there is anger that it will be accompanied with…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-28Verses 25-28 Notice the particulars wherewith we should adorn our Christian profession. Take heed of every thing contrary to truth. No longer flatter or deceive others. God's people are children who will not lie, who dare not lie, who hate and abhor lying. Take heed of anger and ungoverned passions. If there is just occasion to express displeasure at what is wrong, and to reprove, see that it be without sin. We give place to the devil, when the first…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27"Be angry, yet do not sin": This verse quotes Psalm 4:4. The literal form of the quotation does not justify anger. Anger gives the devil an way to influence us (see James 1:20). God's people should be gentle and gracious, not harsh or angry (see Ephesians 4:31–32). Do not let the sun set upon your anger: This means we should resolve our anger quickly. We should not allow our anger continue or grow stronger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Be ye angry, and sin not--So the Septuagint, Psa 4:4. Should circumstances arise to call for anger on your part, let it be as Christ's "anger" (Mr 3:5), without sin. Our natural feelings are not wrong when directed to their legitimate object, and when not exceeding due bounds. As in the future literal, so in the present spiritual, resurrection, no essential constituent is annihilated, but all that is a perversion of the original design is removed…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:26

• Anger
• Commandments
• Quotations and Allusions
• Righteous
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Anger
• Bitterness
• Compact
• Dark
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Lasciviousness
• Lowliness
• Renew
• Steal

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings