Matthew Poole Commentary - Ephesians 4:31 - 4:31

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Ephesians 4:31 - 4:31


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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger; these all seem to relate to the inward affection, as the two following to the effects of it in the words.



Bitterness may imply a secret lurking displeasure at another, or rather a confirmed and permanent one;



wrath, the first boiling up of the passion, which affects the body in the commotion of the blood and spirits; and



anger, a greater height and paroxysm of the same passion, or an eager desire of revenge: see Col_3:8.



And clamour; such inordinate loudness as men in anger are wont to break out into in their words.



And evil speaking; either with respect to God or man, though the latter seems particularly meant here; railing, reviling, reproaching, &c., the ordinary effects of immoderate anger.



With all malice; maliciousness, or malignity of heart, in opposition to kindness and tenderness, Eph_4:32: see Rom_1:29 1Co_5:8 14:20 Tit_3:3.