ephesians-4:26-27

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 4:27

Neither give place to the devil.Neither give place to the devil — By any delay. read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25-32

c. By putting off the (five) Gentile vices, Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:2 . The five Gentile vices here are: 1. Lying, Ephesians 4:25; 2. Anger, Ephesians 4:26-27; 3. Stealing, Ephesians 4:28; 4. Ribaldry, Ephesians 4:29-30; 5. Brawling, Ephesians 4:31; and Ephesians 5:1-2. To his warning against each vice St. Paul adds either its aggravation, as in 1 and 4; or a contrasted picture of the reverse virtue, as in 3 and 5. The contrast in Ephesians 4:5 is impressively extended. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:26

26. Be… angry… sin not And if there be no sinless anger, this forbids all anger. They are welcome to any anger which violates not this proviso. And no doubt there is a sinless anger. For anger is all adverse emotion in view of any wrong done to ourself or against any law of right, and often suggesting the due punishment of the wrongdoer. The emotion is, in itself, right; is consistent with uninterrupted love; may be proportioned to the object; and it may not break the clear self-possession... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:27

27. Place… devil For whom a man in a passion is a very exposed and endangered object. read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ephesians 4:27

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25-32

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:26

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 4:27

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