Ephesians 4:26 (GNV)

Passage

Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:24 And put on ye new man, which after God is created vnto righteousnes, and true holines.

Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Ephesians 4:26 Bee angrie, but sinne not: let not the sunne goe downe vpon your wrath,

Ephesians 4:27 Neither giue place to the deuill.

Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angrie", "sinne", "sunne", "downe", "vpon", and "wrath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angrie" and "sinne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Wherefore cast off lying and speake euery..." into verse 27's "Neither giue place to the deuill...", so "angrie" and "sinne" 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 "angrie" and "sinne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.