Ephesians 4:26
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- KJV
- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- WEB
- “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
- ASV
- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- DARBY
- Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
- BLB
- “Be angry, and do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your⁺ anger,
- ÅB
- Om dere vredes, da synd ikke; la ikke solen gå ned over deres vrede,
- OTB
- "Når dere blir sinte, synd ikke": La ikke solen gå ned mens dere fortsatt er sinte,
- B1930
- Om I vredes, da synd ikke; la ikke solen gå ned over eders vrede,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Read in contextPsalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–32
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Read in contextProverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Read in contextProverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Read in contextRomans 12:19–21
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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