Ephesians 4:27
And give no place to the Accuser.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Neither give place to the devil.
In Context
26Be ye angry, and sin not: and let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 2:10And whom ye forgive, I also forgive: for that which I forgave to any one, for your sakes I forgave it, in the presence of the Messiah;
Ephesians 6:16And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
1 Peter 5:8Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh 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 →