Ephesians 4:28 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Ephesians 4:28

26 ^a“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

27 ^anor give¹ place to the devil.

28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather ^alet him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something ^bto give him who has need.

29 ^aLet no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but ^bwhat is good for necessary edification, ^cthat it may impart grace to the hearers.

30 And ^ado not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

31 ^aLet all bitterness, wrath, anger,¹ clamor, and ^bevil speaking be put away from you, ^cwith all malice.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Ephesians 4:28

Steal no more (mhketi kleptetw). Clearly here, cease stealing (present active imperative with mhketi).

The thing that is good (to agaqon). "The good thing" opposed to his stealing and "with his hands" (taiv xersin, instrumental case) that did the stealing. See II Thessalonians 3:10. Even unemployment is no excuse for stealing.

To give (metadidonai). Present active infinitive of metadidwmi, to share with one.

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