Ephesians 4:26 (WEB)
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
Fathers and councils · 28
Jerome
“Eph. iv. 26.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Be ye angry,” David says, “and sin not,” or, as the apostle more fully expresses it, “let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 4, LXX.; Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“To the same effect in different words the prophet says:—“I am so troubled that I cannot speak,” and in the same book, “Be ye angry and sin not.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 4, LXX. Quoted Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“Knowing this the psalmist says: “be ye angry and sin not;” which the apostle explains thus: “let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X II.4Conference II
“Such is discretion, which is not only the “light of the body,” but also called the sun by the Apostle, as it said “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.6Conference XVI
“…fulfilling the command which says: “Let not the sun go down upon thy wrath;” and: “Whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment,” if you are with obstinate heart disregarding the vexation of another which you could smooth down by kindness on your part.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26; S. Matt. v. 22.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.17Conference XVI
“…a brother, according to what is written: “Whoever is angry with his brother is in danger of the judgment;” and: “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,” instantly assert that if a heathen or one living in the world had said or done this, it rightly ought to be endured.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, The Institutes VIII.9Book VIII
“Lastly, the blessed Apostle, when he made use of the testimony of this verse, and said, “Be ye angry and sin not,” added, “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“I read further, “Be ye angry, and sin not.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“For hence perhaps it is said, “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath;” because the mind, which, from her own disorder, is not permitted to see God, supposes that the inner sun, that is, the wisdom of God, suffers as it were a setting in her.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“Therefore hath it been said, “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“And to this belongs also what is said in another passage: “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment““The sun ought not to go down upon your wrath,” yet many suns have passed.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“For as we find it said in a certain place in a figure, “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil:” and this is understood not of this visible sun which holds as it were the zenith of glory among the rest of the visible creation, and which can be seen equally…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26, 27.
Read the whole comment“And elsewhere, “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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John Chrysostom
““Let not,” says he, “the sun go down upon your wrath” ( Eph. iv. 26 ); and with reason; for it is matter for contentment that even in so short a time nothing unpleasant take place; but if night also overtake us,…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For this cause the prophet also said, “Be ye angry, and sin not.”” — editor's note: Ps. iv. 5, LXX., comp. Eph. iv. 26. “Stand in awe, and sin not,” in our version. Another part of the same Hebrew verb is, however, rendered “rage” in our…
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Basil the Great
“The sun ought not to go down upon a brother’s wrath, lest haply night come between brother and brother, and make the charge stand in the day of judgment.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“All men are adorned by magnanimity, and not least those who, following the example of your excellency, trained in outside education as well as instructed in divine principles, both hear the apostolic laws loudly exclaiming “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” and remember the words of Homer” — editor's note: Ephes. iv. 26
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And especially he counselled them to meditate continually on the apostle’s word, ‘Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.’” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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Tertullian
“…of daily committal, to which we all are liable: for who will be free from the accident of either being angry unjustly, and retaining his anger beyond sunset; or else even using manual violence or else carelessly speaking evil; or else rashly swearing; or else forfeiting his plighted word or else lying, from…” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“If “the sun go down over our wrath,” we are in jeopardy: we are not allowed to remain one day without patience.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26. Compare de Orat. xi.
Read the whole comment“Ever if we must be angry, our anger must not be maintained beyond sunset, as the apostle admonishes.” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
Read the whole comment“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: but be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ hath forgiven you.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 25–32.
Read the whole comment“…“speak every man truth with his neighbour;” and again, using the very words in which the Psalm expresses his meaning, (he says,) “Be ye angry, and sin not;” “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For just as it is good and well-pleasing to God not to let anger last through the day, but to get rid of it before sunset, whether you take this of time or in a mystical sense, for it is not safe for us that the Sun of Righteousness should go…” — editor's note: Ephes. iv. 26.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…ye masters, treat your servants well, forbearing threatening: knowing that both their and your Lord is in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with Him.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 25–29, v. 1, 2, 22, 25, vi. 1, 4–9.
Read the whole comment““And let not the sun,” says the Scripture, “go down upon your wrath.”” — editor's note: Eph. iv. 26.
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Cross-references · 27
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.
Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.
Cited together in Conferences I–X II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13 and 2 other places.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 13.
Cited together in Life of Antony §19.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Life of Antony §19.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in The City of God XV.6.
Cited together in Life of Antony §19.