Ephesians 4:27
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and do not give the devil a foothold.
- KJV
- Neither give place to the devil.
- WEB
- and don’t give place to the devil.
- ASV
- neither give place to the devil.
- DARBY
- neither give room for the devil.
- BLB
- neither give place to the devil.
- ÅB
- og gi ikke djevelen rom!
- OTB
- og gi ikke djevelen rom.
- B1930
- og gi ikke djevelen rum!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Read in contextEphesians 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Read in contextEphesians 6:11
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:10–11
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
Read in contextActs 5:3
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Read in context