25 [a]Wherefore cast off lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

26 [b]Be [c]angry, but sin not: let not the sun go down [d]upon your wrath,

27 Neither give place to the devil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:25 He commendeth severally certain peculiar Christian virtues, and first of all he requireth truth (that is to say, sincere manners) condemning all deceit and dissembling, because we are born one for another.
  2. Ephesians 4:26 He teacheth us to bridle our anger in such sort, that although it be not, yet that it break not out, and that it be straightway quenched before we sleep, lest Satan taking occasion to give us evil counsel through the wicked counselor, destroy us.
  3. Ephesians 4:26 If it so fall out, that you be angry, yet sin not: that is, bridle your anger, and do not wickedly put that in execution, which you have wickedly conceived.
  4. Ephesians 4:26 Let not the night come upon you in your anger, that is, make atonement quickly for all matters.

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