Ephesians 4:27 (DRB)

Passage

Give not place to the devil.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour. For we are members one of another.

Ephesians 4:26 Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.

Ephesians 4:27 Give not place to the devil.

Ephesians 4:28 He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "place", and "devil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "place", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "Be angry and sin not Let not..." into verse 28's "He that stole let him now steal...", so "give" and "place" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "give" and "place" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.