Ephesians 4:26 (WEB)

Passage

“Be angry, and don’t sin.”Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Ephesians 4:25 Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, and don’t sin.”Psalm 4:4 Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Ephesians 4:27 and don’t give place to the devil.

Ephesians 4:28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Therefore putting away falsehood speak truth each..." into verse 27's "and don t give place to the...", so "angry" and "psalm" 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 "angry" and "psalm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.