4:26
“Be angry and do not sin” (ESV), NIV seems a little better, “In your anger do not sin”. ESV seems to be encouraging us to sin! It isn’t, and it is worth noting that anger in itself is not necessarily sinful. There are times when anger is justified. However, when we are angry we are more prone to sin, so we need to be very careful. “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.” We should resolve anger, not letting it fester.
4:27
“And give no opportunity to the devil”. We can give opportunity to the devil in two ways when we are angry. In the heat of the moment we can lose control and do or say things that are not good, and that we will later regret. If we do allow anger to fester then it will distort our thinking. This will do us no good, and may lead to us doing wrong thighs or having wrong attitudes.
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