Ephesians 4:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Bitterness - both of spirit and of speech: opposed to "kind."

Wrath, х thumos (G2372)] - passion for a time: opposed to "tender-hearted." Bengel translates harshness.

Anger, х orgee (G3709)] - lasting resentment: opposed to "forgiving one another."

Clamour - Chrysostom, A horse carrying anger for its rider: 'bridle the horse, and you dismount its rider.' "Bitterness" begets "wrath;" "wrath,": "anger;" "anger," "clamour;" "clamour," the more chronic "evil-speaking" х blaspheemia (G988)], reviling. "Malice" is the root of all (Colossians 3:8) х kakia (G2549)]; of which poneeria (G4189) is the manifestation 'fires fed within, not appealing to bystanders, are the most fermidable' (Chrysostom).

Ephesians 4:31

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: