Ephesians 4:26-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:20-32

The new man 4:20-32Paul turned from how not to walk to the positive responsibility Christians have to live in holiness. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:26

The second exhortation is to avoid sinning when angry and to deal with sin quickly if it does accompany anger (cf. Psalms 4:4). Anger is not sinful in itself (cf. John 2:13-16). There is such a thing as righteous indignation (cf. Ephesians 5:6; Mark 3:5). [Note: See Daniel B. Wallace, "Orgizesthe in Ephesians 4:26 : Command or Condition?" Criswell Theological Review 3 (1989):352-72.] Still it is easy to lose control of our anger, to let it control us instead of controlling it. Anger becomes... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 4:27

It is important to deal with anger appropriately because, if we do not do so, Satan will have an opportunity to lead us into further sin."Horace was right when he said, ’Anger is momentary insanity.’ . . ."’Anyone can become angry,’ wrote Aristotle. ’But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way-this is not easy.’" [Note: Wiersbe, 2:41.] read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Ephesians 4:27

4:27 for (g-4) Or 'give way to.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:1-32

Unity of the New Life. Rules for the New LifeThe Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation.1-6. ’Live in humility, in loving forbearance, and in unity, for we have one Body, one Head, and one Heavenly Father.’1. Prisoner] This looks back to Ephesians 3:1. ’He can no longer superintend them: they must walk alone. He lost his liberty in their service: they will do what he asks.’2. To a Greek,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 4:26

(26) Be ye angry, and sin not.—A quotation from the LXX. version of Psalms 4:4. Anger itself is not sin, for our Lord Himself felt it (Mark 3:5) at the “hardness of men’s hearts;” and it is again and again attributed to God Himself, in language no doubt of human accommodation, but, of course, accommodation to what is sinless in humanity. In the form of resentment, and above all of the resentment of righteous indignation, it performs (as Butler has shown in his sermon on “Resentment”) a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ephesians 4:27

(27) Neither give place (i.e., scope) to the devil.—The name “Devil” is used by St. Paul only in his later Epistles (see Ephesians 6:11; 1 Timothy 3:6-7; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:26; Titus 2:3); in the earlier Epistles (Romans 16:20; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 11:14; 2 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:9) we have the name “Satan,” which is also found, less frequently, in the later also (1 Timothy 1:20; 1 Timothy 5:15). The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ephesians 4:1-32

Ephesians 4:0 In the Memorials of Dr. McLeod Campbell (vol. I. p. 127), he observes, apropos of Edward living's dying conversations, 'I was finding no trace of the subject of the Church in anything she ( i.e. Mrs. Irving) was mentioning, until she said that in the course of that same last day he had asked her to read to him "the testament of the Lord to his Church the neglected testament"; when she read to him the fourth of Ephesians'. The Heavenly Calling Ephesians 4:1 When St. Paul bids us... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32

Chapter 22DOCTRINE AND ETHICSEphesians 4:25-32; Ephesians 5:1-6The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands further consideration. It affords a striking and instructive example of St. Paul’s method as a teacher of morals, and makes an important contribution to evangelical ethics. The common vices are here prohibited on specifically Christian grounds. The new nature formed in Christ casts them off as alien and dead things; they are the sloughed skin of the old life, the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ephesians 4:17-32

3. The Walk in Holiness and Righteousness CHAPTERS 4:17-5:21 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17-19 ) 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20-32 ) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5:1-2 ) 4. Exhortations (Ephesians 5:3-21 ) At this point the exhortations to walk in separation begin. The “therefore” of Ephesians 4:17 refers us to the “wherefore” of Ephesians 2:11-12 . What Gentiles are in their natural condition is here once more put before us. The grace of God takes the... read more

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