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Let not the sun set upon your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ephesians/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ephesians/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ephesians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />BE ANGRY, AND <i>YET</i> DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />BE ANGRY, AND <i>yet</i> DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ephesians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />BE ANGRY, AND <i>yet</i> DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ephesians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />BE ANGRY [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], YET DO NOT SIN; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ephesians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ephesians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be angry and do not sin. Don&#8217t let the sun go down on your anger, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ephesians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ephesians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't get so angry that you sin. Don't go to bed angry <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ephesians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ephesians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Be angry without sinning. Don't go to bed angry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ephesians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ephesians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ephesians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Be angry, yet do not sin.? Do not let the sun set upon your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ephesians/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ephesians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Be angry, but do not sin." Do not let the sun go down on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ephesians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ephesians/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ephesians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />"Be angry, and yet do not sin." Let not the sun set upon your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ephesians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ephesians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your fit of anger:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ephesians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ephesians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Be angry, but do not be willing to sin.” Do not let the sun set over your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ephesians/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Be angry, but sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your anger;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Be angry and do not sin, and do not let the sun set on your anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/ephesians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Be angry, and yet do not sin: let not the sun go down on your wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/ephesians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your provocation:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/ephesians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Are ye provoked; and do you not sin? let not the sun go down upon your wrath:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/ephesians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />If angry, beware of sinning. Let not your irritation last until the sun goes down;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/ephesians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/ephesians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/4-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=766" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/4.htm">New Life in Christ </a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3710.htm" title="3710: Orgizesthe (V-PMM/P-2P) -- To irritate, provoke, be angry. From orge; to provoke or enrage, i.e. become exasperated.">“Be angry,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">yet</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/264.htm" title="264: hamartanete (V-PMA-2P) -- Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin.">sin.”</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">Do not let</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2246.htm" title="2246: hēlios (N-NMS) -- The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.">sun</a> <a href="/greek/1931.htm" title="1931: epidyetō (V-PMA-3S) -- To sink, set, set during, go down. From epi and duno; to set fully.">set</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">upon</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3950.htm" title="3950: parorgismō (N-DMS) -- Exasperation, wrath, irritation, indignation. From parorgizo; rage.">anger,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">27</span>and do not give the devil a foothold.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Psalm 4:4</a></span><br />Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-19.htm">James 1:19-20</a></span><br />My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, / for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-29.htm">Proverbs 14:29</a></span><br />A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-8.htm">Colossians 3:8</a></span><br />But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-1.htm">Proverbs 15:1</a></span><br />A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a></span><br />Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-32.htm">Proverbs 16:32</a></span><br />He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-9.htm">1 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:9</a></span><br />Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-11.htm">Proverbs 19:11</a></span><br />A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-5.htm">1 Corinthians 13:5</a></span><br />It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Leviticus 19:17-18</a></span><br />You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. / Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15</a></span><br />If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath:</p><p class="hdg">ye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Ephesians 4:31,32</a></b></br> Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/11-8.htm">Exodus 11:8</a></b></br> And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-21.htm">Exodus 32:21,22</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? … </p><p class="hdg">let.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Deuteronomy 24:15</a></b></br> At his day thou shalt give <i>him</i> his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he <i>is</i> poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/galatians/5-26.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/galatians/5-15.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-17.htm">Irritation</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-11.htm">Last</a> <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-34.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-41.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Beware</a> <a href="/philippians/1-8.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-17.htm">Irritation</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">Last</a> <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-20.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/james/1-11.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Ephesians 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">He exhorts to unity;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm">and declares that God therefore gives various gifts unto men;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm">that his church might be edified,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm">and grow up in Christ.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">He calls them from the impurity of the Gentiles;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm">to put on the new man;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm">to cast off lying;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">and corrupt communication.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ephesians/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ephesians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ephesians/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Be angry, yet do not sin.</b><br>This phrase acknowledges that anger is a natural human emotion, but it must be controlled and not lead to sin. In the biblical context, anger is seen in various figures, such as Moses (<a href="/exodus/32-19.htm">Exodus 32:19</a>) and Jesus (<a href="/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>), who displayed righteous anger. However, the warning here is against allowing anger to lead to sinful actions or attitudes, such as harboring resentment or seeking revenge. The Greek word for "anger" used here can refer to both a momentary outburst and a more settled disposition, suggesting that both need to be managed carefully. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/29-11.htm">Proverbs 29:11</a>, which contrasts the behavior of a fool and a wise person in handling anger.<p><b>Do not let the sun set upon your anger,</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of resolving anger quickly and not allowing it to fester. In the cultural context of the time, the setting sun marked the end of the day, and this imagery is used to stress the urgency of reconciliation. The idea is to prevent anger from turning into bitterness or giving the devil a foothold, as mentioned in the following verse (<a href="/ephesians/4-27.htm">Ephesians 4:27</a>). This teaching is consistent with Jesus' instruction in <a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a>, where He advises settling disputes promptly. The phrase also reflects the Jewish practice of settling accounts before the end of the day, ensuring that relationships are restored and peace is maintained.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Ephesians, providing guidance to the early Christian church on how to live a life worthy of their calling.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>A major city in Asia Minor where the Ephesian church was located. It was a center of commerce and culture, with a diverse population.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/early_christian_church.htm">Early Christian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of Paul's letter, who were navigating how to live out their faith in a predominantly pagan society.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/righteous_anger_vs._sinful_anger.htm">Righteous Anger vs. Sinful Anger</a></b><br>Understand that anger itself is not a sin; it is a natural emotion. However, it becomes sinful when it leads to actions or thoughts that are contrary to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/timely_resolution.htm">Timely Resolution</a></b><br>Address anger promptly. Holding onto anger can lead to bitterness and give the devil a foothold in your life. Seek reconciliation and peace before the day ends.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-reflection_and_prayer.htm">Self-Reflection and Prayer</a></b><br>Use moments of anger as opportunities for self-reflection and prayer. Ask God for wisdom and strength to handle your emotions in a way that honors Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/forgiveness_and_reconciliation.htm">Forgiveness and Reconciliation</a></b><br>Embrace forgiveness as a key component of resolving anger. Follow Christ's example of forgiveness and seek to reconcile with those who have wronged you.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_your_heart.htm">Guarding Your Heart</a></b><br>Be vigilant about what you allow to take root in your heart. Anger can easily turn into resentment if not dealt with properly. Guard your heart with prayer and Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ephesians_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'be_angry,_do_not_sin'_mean.htm">What does "Be Angry and Do Not Sin" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'do_not_sin_in_anger'_mean.htm">What does "In your anger do not sin" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'sunset_on_anger'_mean.htm">What does "don't let the sun set on anger" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_wrath.htm">What does the Bible say about wrathful outbursts?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Be ye angry, and sin not.</span>--A quotation from the LXX. version of <a href="/psalms/4-4.htm" title="Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.">Psalm 4:4</a>. Anger itself is not sin, for our Lord Himself felt it (<a href="/mark/3-5.htm" title="And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.">Mark 3:5</a>) 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 stimulating and inspiring function in the strife against evil. But it is a dangerous and exceptional weapon: and hence the exhortation "sin not," and the practical enforcement of that exhortation in the next clause.<p><span class= "bld">Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.</span>--In this command (for which a Pythagorean parallel may be found) St. Paul gives a two-fold safeguard against abuse of even righteous anger. (1) It is not to be prolonged beyond the sunset--beyond the sleep which ends the old day and leads in the freshness of the new, and which by any godly man must be prepared for in commendation of himself to God, and in prayer for His forgiveness, "as we forgive those who trespass against us." (2) It is not to be brooded over and stimulated; for the word "wrath" is properly <span class= "ital">self-exasperation, </span>being similar to the "contention" of <a href="/acts/15-30.htm" title="So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter:">Acts 15:30</a>, described as alien to the spirit of love in <a href="/1_corinthians/13-5.htm" title="Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;">1Corinthians 13:5</a>. It is that "nursing of wrath to keep it warm," which can be checked even by those who cannot control the first outburst, and which constantly corrupts righteous indignation into selfish personal anger, if not into malignity.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Be ye angry, and sin not.</span> Quotation from the Septuagint version of <a href="/psalms/4-5.htm">Psalm 4:5</a>. Anger, the feeling and expression of displeasure, is not wholly forbidden, but is guarded by two checks. Our Lord did not make anger a breach of the sixth commandment, but being angry with a brother <span class="accented">without cause</span>. The first check is to beware of sinning; to keep your anger clear of bitterness, spite, malevolence, and all such evil feelings. The second is, <span class="cmt_word">Let not the sun go down on your irritation</span>; examine yourself in the evening, and see that you are tranquil. Eadie quotes Thomas Fuller: "St. Paul saith, 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,' to carry news to the antipodes in another world of thy revengeful nature. Yet let us take the apostle's meaning rather than his words - with all possible speed to depose our passion; not understanding him so literally that we may take leave to be angry till sunset; then might our wrath lengthen with the days, and men in Greenland, where day lasts above a quarter of a year, have plentiful scope of revenge. And as the English, by command of William the Conqueror, always raked up their fire, and put out their candles when the curfew bell was rung, let us then also quench all sparks of anger and heat of passion." It is especially becoming in men, when about to sleep the sleep of death, to see that they are in peace and charity with all men; it were seemly always to fall asleep in the same temper. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ephesians/4-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">“Be angry,</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὀργίζεσθε</span> <span class="translit">(Orgizesthe)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3710.htm">Strong's 3710: </a> </span><span class="str2">To irritate, provoke, be angry. From orge; to provoke or enrage, i.e. become exasperated.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">{do} not</span><br /><span class="grk">μὴ</span> <span class="translit">(mē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sin.”</span><br /><span class="grk">ἁμαρτάνετε</span> <span class="translit">(hamartanete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_264.htm">Strong's 264: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps from a and the base of meros; properly, to miss the mark, i.e. to err, especially to sin.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{Do} not {let}</span><br /><span class="grk">μὴ</span> <span class="translit">(mē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sun</span><br /><span class="grk">ἥλιος</span> <span class="translit">(hēlios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2246.htm">Strong's 2246: </a> </span><span class="str2">The sun, sunlight. From hele; the sun; by implication, light.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπιδυέτω</span> <span class="translit">(epidyetō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sink, set, set during, go down. From epi and duno; to set fully.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπὶ</span> <span class="translit">(epi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> </span><span class="str2">On, to, against, on the basis of, at. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anger,</span><br /><span class="grk">παροργισμῷ</span> <span class="translit">(parorgismō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3950.htm">Strong's 3950: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exasperation, wrath, irritation, indignation. 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