Ephesians 4:27
Give not place to the devil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Neither give place to the devil.
In Context
26Be angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:10And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ.
Ephesians 6:16In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.
1 Peter 5:8Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth 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 →