Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Ephesians: Chapter 4].
4:26 {Be ye angry and sin not} (\orgizesthe kai m• hamartanete\).
Permissive imperative, not a command to be angry. Prohibition
against sinning as the peril in anger. Quotation from Ps 4:4.
{Let not the sun go down upon your wrath} (\ho h•lios m• epiduet•
epi parorgism•i\). Danger in settled mood of anger. \Parorgismos\
(provocation), from \parorgiz•\, to exasperate to anger, occurs
only in LXX and here in N.T.
4:27 {Neither give place to the devil} (\m•de didote topon t•i
diabol•i\). Present active imperative in prohibition, either stop
doing it or do not have the habit. See Ro 12:19 for this idiom.
4:28 {Steal no more} (\m•keti kleptet•\). Clearly here, cease
stealing (present active imperative with \m•keti\). {The thing
that is good} (\to agathon\). "The good thing" opposed to his
stealing and "with his hands" (\tais chersin\, instrumental case)
that did the stealing. See 2Th 3:10. Even unemployment is no
excuse for stealing. {To give} (\metadidonai\). Present active
infinitive of \metadid•mi\, to share with one.
4:29 {Corrupt} (\sapros\). Rotten, putrid, like fruit (Mt
7:17f.), fish (Mt 13:48), here the opposite of \agathos\
(good). {For edifying as the need may be} (\pros oikodom•n t•s
chreias\). "For the build-up of the need," "for supplying help
when there is need." Let no other words come out. {That it may
give} (\hina d•i\). For this elliptical use of \hina\ see on
¯5:33.
4:30 {Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God} (\m• lupeite to pneuma
to hagion tou theou\). "Cease grieving" or "do not have the habit
of grieving." Who of us has not sometimes grieved the Holy
Spirit? {In whom} (\en h•i\). Not "in which." {Ye were sealed}
(\esphragisth•te\). See 1:13 for this verb, and 1:14 for
\apolutr•se•s\, the day when final redemption is realized.
4:31 {Bitterness} (\pikria\). Old word from \pikros\ (bitter), in
N.T. only here and Ac 8:23; Ro 3:14; Heb 12:15. {Clamour}
(\kraug•\). Old word for outcry (Mt 25:6; Lu 1:42). See Col
3:8 for the other words. {Be put away} (\arth•t•\). First aorist
passive imperative of \air•\, old verb, to pick up and carry
away, to make a clean sweep.
4:32 {Be ye kind to one another} (\ginesthe eis all•lous
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