Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
KJV
πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ’ ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ.
Greek NT
Omnis amaritudo, et ira, et indignatio, et clamor, et blasphemia tollatur a vobis cum omni malitia.
Vulgate
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
ASV
Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἴρω
airo
verb · 101×
βλασφημία
blasphemia
noun · 18×
θυμός
thumos
noun · 18×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κακία
kakia
noun · 11×
κραυγή
krauge
noun · 6×
πικρία
pikria
noun · 4×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ὀργή
orge
noun · 36×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Great mysteries are they, of which the Only-begotten Son of God has counted us worthy; great, and such as we were not worthy of, but such as it was meet for Him to give. For if one reckon our desert, we were not only unworthy of the gift, but also liable to punishment and vengeance; but He, because He looked not to this, not only delivered us from punishment, but freely gave…
Abba Macarius said, "If we dwell upon the harms that have been wrought on us by men, we cut off from our mind the power of dwelling upon God."
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
- 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1Cor 14:20 — Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- 1John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- 1John 4:11 — Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
- 1Sam 25:21 — Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
- 1Tim 3:11 — Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- 1Tim 6:4 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
- 2Cor 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings
- 2Sam 19:27 — And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
- Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- Col 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Col 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Eccl 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- Eph 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- Eph 4:26 — Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- Exod 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Gal 5:20 — Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Gen 4:8 — And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- Gen 27:41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
- Gen 37:4 — And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Gen 45:24 — So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Jas 4:11 — Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of
- Jas 4:11 — Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of
- Lev 19:16 — Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
- Lev 19:18 — Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
- Luke 6:36 — Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
- Luke 11:4 — And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
- Luke 17:4 — And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
- Mark 9:50 — Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
- Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh
- Matt 18:22 — Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.