Ephesians
Ephesians 4:25–26
25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. 26“Be angry, yet do not sin.”d Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Footnotes
- d 4:26 Or “In your anger do not sin.”Psalm 4:4|PSA 4:4
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Ephesians 4:25
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | Διὸ | Dio | Conjunction | G1352 wherefore |
| each | ἕκαστος | hekastos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1538 each, every one |
| must put off | ἀποθέμενοι | apothemenoi | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G659 I lay off or aside, renounce |
| falsehood | ψεῦδος | pseudos | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5579 a lie |
| speak | λαλεῖτε | laleite | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2980 I speak, say |
| truthfully | ἀλήθειαν | alētheian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G225 truth |
| to | μετὰ | meta | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| neighbor | πλησίον | plēsion | Adverb | G4139 near, nearby, a neighbor |
| for | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| we are all | ἐσμὲν | esmen | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| members | μέλη | melē | Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3196 a limb, member |
| of one another | ἀλλήλων | allēlōn | Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G240 one another |
Ephesians 4:26
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be angry | Ὀργίζεσθε | Orgizesthe | Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G3710 I irritate, provoke, am angry |
| yet | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| sin | ἁμαρτάνετε | hamartanete | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G264 I sin |
| not | μὴ | mē | Adverb | G3361 not, lest |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| sun | ἥλιος | hēlios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2246 the sun, sunlight |
| set | ἐπιδυέτω | epidyetō | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1931 I sink, set |
| upon | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| anger | παροργισμῷ | parorgismō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G3950 exasperation, wrath |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ephesians 4:25 Colossians 3:9 · Zechariah 8:16 · Proverbs 12:22 · Romans 12:5 · Ephesians 4:15 · Proverbs 12:17 · Proverbs 8:7 · Revelation 21:8 · Proverbs 12:19 · Jeremiah 9:3–5 · Leviticus 19:11 · 1 Timothy 4:2
Ephesians 4:26 James 1:19 · Psalm 4:4 · Psalm 37:8 · Ephesians 4:31–32 · Ecclesiastes 7:9 · Proverbs 14:29 · Proverbs 19:11 · Romans 12:19–21 · Matthew 5:22 · Nehemiah 5:6–13 · Exodus 32:21–22 · Mark 3:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.