WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT EPH 4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Ephesians 4:26 KJV

I have heard this scripture been interpreted as not letting the sun go down on your anger, saying that _always make amends before the day is done; do not go to sleep angry_

But what does *let not the sun go down and upon your wrath* mean, does it mean how it has been interpreted above? People interpret this and say if someone makes you angry, you should make sure you don't go to bed with the anger or you should stop being angry before the end of the day (before the sun goes down). But the questions I have for such people are:

1) What happens if someone offends you in the midnight?
2) What happens if it rained throughout the day and there was no sunlight?
Since the sun is what the interpretation is premised on.
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I do not agree with the above interpretation of this scripture. I believe it is not correct. *Let not the sun go down on your wrath*. Now *Go down* means to _set_, _to become submerged_. When the sun go down, it means it sets meaning that it can not be seen again.

But here the bible say *Let not* the sun go down upon your wrath, meaning that do not let the sun set upon your wrath, _do not let it disappear...do not let it stop...do not let it die_. *Does it now mean that you should not quench your anger?* Yes, that is what it means. But that's not all.

Reading this particular verse in context, in the previous verse (Eph 4:25), Paul was giving instructions for christian living, he said do away with lying, always speak the truth...and in verse 27, he says that you should not give place to the devil. All these are conjunctive and it relates with verse 26.

Now this verse fully means that *Be angry so as not to give place to the devil and do not let the sun go down on this anger*. How do you get angry in order not to give place to the devil: When you are angry at evil... _for instance you are in a place where corruption is the order of the day, as a christian you should not be comfortable, you should be angry at such because it's not right and you should make sure something is done to curb it (thus, let not the sun go down upon your wrath)._ Now you see that Eph 4:25 is a specific instruction talking about not condoning evil (getting angry at evil).

See in the same chapter in verse 31, Paul giving a general instruction, *he said do away with anger*.

Do you ask yourself that how can he say do away with anger here and up in verse 26, he said "be angry"...it is because verse 26 was a specific instruction to ensure that the only reason you should get angry is to ensure the devil is not given a place, in other words be angry only at evil (not giving place to the devil)...but generally do away with anger.

*Eph. 4:26 is not a licence to be angry, if your anger is not against evil, then you are wrong.*

Raphael Awe-Obe.