Ephesians 4:27

nor give place to the devil.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Neither give place to the devil.

In Context

26Be angry, and yet do not sin: let not the sun go down on your wrath,

28Let him that steals, steal no more: but rather let labor, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have something to give to him that has need.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 2:10Whom you forgive any thing, I forgive it also: for what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven any thing, I have forgiven for your sake, in the person of Christ,

Ephesians 6:16taking up, over all, the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one:

1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be watchful: for your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 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 life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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