Be ye angry and sin not: by way of concession, rather than by way of command: q.d. If the case be such that ye must be angry, yet see it be without sin. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath; if your anger is excessive, (for so this word signifies, being different from the former), yet let it not be lasting; be reconciled ere the sun go down.
Verse 26. _BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT_] οργιζεσθε, here, is the same as ει μεν οργιζεσθε, IF YE _be angry, do not sin_. We can never suppose that the apostle delivers this as a _precept_, if we take th...
BE 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 toke...
3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Chapter S 4:17-5:21 _ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_ 2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20) 3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5
EPHESIANS 4:25 TO EPHESIANS 5:2. PRECEPTS OF THE NEW LIFE. Away then with lying, resentment, stealing, foul talk, bad temper, lust. Remember the common membership (Ephesians 4:25). Give the devil no s...
So then strip yourselves of falsehood, and let each of you speak the truth with his neighbour, because we are all members of the same body. Be angry--but be angry in such a way that your anger is not...
Ephesians 4:1-32 INTRODUCTION (Ephesians 4:1-10) With this chapter the second part of the letter begins. In Ephesians 1:1-23;...
ANGRY. Greek. _orgizo,_ imperative. Positive command, the context showing that "righteous indignation" is referred to. AND. yet. SIN NOT. Literally be not sinning. Compare 1 John 2:1. Greek. _hamarta...
_Be ye angry, and sin not_ Another inference from co-membership in the Lord. Anger, as the mere expression of wounded personality, is sinful; for it means that self is in command. Anger, as the pure e...
The subject pursued: the revolution coming out in truthfulness, kindness, honesty, purity, patience, forgivingness 25. _Wherefore_ From these deep principles come now the more detailed inferences of h...
ὈΡΓῊ is forbidden absolutely in Ephesians 4:31 in the sense of personal outburst of passion. There is good reason therefore for taking this verse as referring to ‘righteous indignation’; cf. James 1:1...
17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST...
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
ΌΡΓΊΖΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. pass. (dep.) от_ ΟΡΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3710) гневаться. Против рассмотрения формы _imper._ как _conj. см._ GGBB, 491-92. Про цитату из Psalms 4:6 (Септ.; _см._ АРМ, 89-90). ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΕΤΕ...
BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT:— It is evident that this is not a _command_ to be angry, but a _concession_ only, with a caution to beware of sinning in it. Comp. Isaiah 8:9. Nahum 3:14. Some would read thi...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 4:17-32; EPHESIANS 5:1-2) B. Walk as becometh saints. Ephesians 4:17-32;...
(4:26,27) The Greek word for "angry" is orge, which means a settled indignation based on a studied attitude of rejection. There is a place in the Christian's life for being predisposed against sin and...
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT. So the Septuagint (Psalms 4:4; see note on rigzuw (H7264) there, and Paul's application of it under the...
__ Summary of Previous Grace 13 Before the revelation of the secret administration by means of this epistle the saints among the nations were in a period of adolescence. This is fully set forth by t...
UNITY OF THE NEW LIFE. RULES FOR THE NEW LIFE The Apostle passes, as usual, from doctrinal statements to practical exhortations; but doctrine is here and there introduced to support exhortation. 1-6...
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 4 What Paul taught in Chapter s 1-3 was first about God and his Son Jesus Christ. Then it was about th...
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 aga...
CHAPTER 21 DISCARDED VICES Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1 The transformation described in the last paragraph (Ephesians 4:17) has now to be carried into detail. The vices of the old heathen self must...
ὀργίζεσθε καὶ μὴ ἁμαρτάνετε : _be ye angry, and sin not_. The words are taken from Psalms 4:4, and follow the LXX rendering. The original Hebrew, רִגְזוּ וְאַל־תֶּחֱטָאוּ, is rendered by some “Tremble...
A paragraph containing a series of detached, practical exhortations, dealing with certain evils to be forsworn and duties to be fulfilled. These injunctions are all based on the preceding statement, o...
PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN” Ephesians 4:20 The Lord Jesus is our text-book and our teacher, the schoolhouse in which we are taught, and the object lesson in which all truth is enshrined. But all is in v...
The apostle at once proceeded to apply this great doctrine to the present life of the Church. From the heavenly calling he passed to the earthly conduct. The matter of first importance is maintenance...
Changes in the New Man The old man would not hesitate to lie if it would help him fill one of his uncontrolled desires. The new man always tells the truth, especially to his brethren because we are al...
(15) Be (k) ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down (l) upon your wrath: (15) He teaches us how to bridle our anger in such a way that, even though our anger is fierce, yet it does not break o...
Be angry, and sin not, as it is said Psalm iv. 5. Anger, as a passion of the mind, may proceed from a good motive and be guided by reason; as our Saviour, Christ, (Mark iii. 5.) is said to have looked...
(17) В¶ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, (18) Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
_USES OF ANGER_ ‘Doest thou well to be angry?’ ‘Be ye angry, and sin not.’ Jonah 4:4 (with Ephesians 4:26). The former text implies that there is an anger which is sinful; and the latter text impli...
One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play correc...
26._Be ye angry, and sin not. _Whether or not the apostle had in his eye a part of the fourth Psalm is uncertain. The words used by him ( ᾿Οργίζεσθε καὶ υὴ ἁμαρτάνετε) occur in the Greek translation,...
The faithful were to seek in the dispositions mentioned above to maintain this unity of the Spirit by the bond of peace. There are three things in this exhortation: first, to walk worthy of their call...
BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT,.... There is anger which is not sinful; for anger is fouled in God himself, in Jesus Christ, in the holy angels, and in God's people; and a man may be said to be angry and no...
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Ver. 26. _Be angry and sin not_] The easiest charge under the hardest condition that can be. Anger is a tender virtue, and must be w...
_Wherefore_ Since you have been thus taught what is your duty and interest, let it appear in your tempers, words, and works, that there is such a change wrought in them; and that, having received a ne...
SIN NOT; by being in anger without or beyond just cause; or by indulging it too long, in a wrong spirit, or for a wrong end....
BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT; LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN UPON YOUR WRATH....
An instruction regarding individual sins:...
RESPONSE IN PRACTICAL UNITY (vs.1-6) In this letter to the Ephesian saints, Paul first presented the basic truth so essential for individual saints (Ch.1:1- 2:10) and for the Church, the body of Chri...
CHAPTER 4 Even though Paul is a ______________, he still urges us to walk in our __________. This walk must be a ____________ one. What does it mean to walk worthy? Paul gives us some words to consi...
“BE YE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT: LET NOT THE SUN GO DOWN UPON YOUR WRATH”. “Be ye angry”: Psalms 4:4 “Permissive imperative, not. command to be angry” _(Robertson p. 540)._ “It seems clear that this form o...
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 no...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians and, "Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."[70] Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth For he is choked by the vile spirit, and cannot attend on the Lord as...
Ephesians 4:26 angry G3710 (G5744) and G2532 not G3361 sin G264 (G5720) not G3361 let G1931 sun...
‘Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your angry mood. Neither give place to the Devil.' The first phrase is taken from the LXX of Psalms 4:5. It recognises that anger in itself is...
Ephesians 4:26. BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT PSALMS 4:5 is here cited. Both verbs are imperative, not the first conditional. Wrath, for this is the proper force, is not only allowable, but in certain cases co...
III. GENERAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES. This part of the Epistle is difficult to analyze. The ethical precepts are not arranged in any discoverable logical order. For convenience a division into two sections i...
1. _Exhortations based on the Contrast between the Old and New Man._ The exhortation of Ephesians 4:1-3 is resumed, but with all the added force derived from the motives presented in Ephesians 4:4-16....
BE YE ANGRY AND SIN NOT (οργιζεσθε κα μη αμαρτανετε). Permissive imperative, not a command to be angry. Prohibition against sinning as the peril in anger. Quotation from Psalms 4:4.LET NOT THE SUN...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Ephesians 4:26 Anger, Noble and Ignoble. In this injunction, delivered by St. Paul to a body of Christians, the privilege and duty of anger, as well as the danger attending its display, are fully rec...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,-_ «You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Chri...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you-_ Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one anot...
CONTENTS: Walk and service of the believer in Christ. Ministry of gifts of Christ to His Body. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, God, Paul. CONCLUSION: Considering to what state and condition God has...
Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you_ a pathetic argument, for if I hear of discords among you it will add affliction to my bonds; _that ye walk worthy of the vocation wh...
DO NOT LET. "Anger can lead you into sin, if it is not controlled!" [Paul quotes Psalms 4:4 Septuagint.] DO NOT STAY ANGRY. "Do not let your anger turn into a grudge and make you hostile!...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:26 BE ANGRY. Not all anger is SIN, but believers should not remain angry. This will only GIVE an opportunity to the devi
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 4:25 Encouragement for a Holy Lifestyle. Paul gives practical examples of how church members strengthen Christ’s body (compare vv. Ephesia
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 4:25. PUTTING AWAY LYING.—Findlay holds to it that “_the lie, the falsehood_, is objective and concrete; not _lying_, or _falsehood_, as a subjective act, h...
EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY
Now Paul begins the fourth chapter again with the reminder that he is a prisoner of the Lord, and I beseech you, [I beg you, I implore you] that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you are call...
Deuteronomy 24:15; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Ephesians 4:31; Ephesians 4:32;...
Be ye angry and sin not [ο ρ γ ι ζ ε σ θ ε κ α ι μ η α μ α ρ τ α ν ε τ ε]. Cited from Psalms 4:5, after the Septuagint. Hebrew, stand in awe and sin not. Righteous anger is commanded, not merely permi...
THE HIGHER CHRISTIAN LIFE Ephesians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A prisoner of the Lord. One would hardly expect to find a prisoner in a Roman jail, the author of such a remarkable letter. We are accus...
Be ye angry, and sin not — That is, if ye are angry, take heed ye sin not. Anger at sin is not evil; but we should feel only pity to the sinner. If we are angry at the person, as well as the fault, we...
Is anger a sin or not? PROBLEM: On the one hand, the Bible seems to approve of anger, saying, “be angry” (Ephesians 4:26). On the other hand, the Bible seems to disapprove of it, listing it as one of...
Some understand these words only as. cautionary direction, and sense them thus: If ye be angry at any time, take heed that ye sin not, by exceeding due bounds; and if at any time it doth so, suppress...