Ephesians 4:31 (DRB)

Passage

Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.

Nearby Context

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.

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and clamour and blasphemy be put away from you, with all malice.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bitterness", "anger", "indignation", "clamour", "blasphemy", "away", and "malice". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bitterness" and "anger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "And grieve not the holy Spirit of..." into verse 32's "And be ye kind one to another...", so "bitterness" and "anger" 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 "bitterness" and "anger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.