Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the day of redemption.

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And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

In Context

29Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, so that they may be a help to those who hear them.

31Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3But the Lord said: “My spirit will not abide in people forever, because they are flesh; therefore they will live for only a hundred and twenty years.”

Psalms 95:10“For forty years I was filled with loathing for that generation, so I said: ‘A people with wandering hearts are they, and ignorant of my ways.’

Mark 3:5As they remained silent, Jesus looked around at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.

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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