Parallel Verses

Twentieth Century New Testament

Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice.

New American Standard Bible

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

International Standard Version

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred.

A Conservative Version

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

American Standard Version

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Amplified

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence].

An Understandable Version

So, put away from you all [kinds of] bitterness and anger and wrath and brawling and slander, along with all [kinds of] malice [i.e., bad attitudes],

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Common New Testament

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Daniel Mace New Testament

banish all resentment and indignation, anger, vehemence, detraction, and every thing like malice.

Darby Translation

Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

Godbey New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, depart from you, with all evil.

Goodspeed New Testament

You must give up all bitterness, rage, anger, and loud, abusive talk, and all spite.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

Let all harshness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and slander, be put away from you, with all badness:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

Moffatt New Testament

Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice;

Montgomery New Testament

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

NET Bible

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

New Heart English Bible

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Noyes New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evilspeaking, be put away from you, with all malice;

Sawyer New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and blasphemy, be banished from among you, with all malice.

The Emphasized Bible

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and scandal, be removed from you, with all malice:

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice.

Williams New Testament

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.

World English Bible

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Worrell New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling, be put away from you, with all wickedness;

Worsley New Testament

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and fury, and clamor, and calumny, be put away from you, with all malice: and be kind one to another,

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let
αἴρω 
Airo 
take up, take away, take, away with, lift up, bear,
Usage: 52

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704
Usage: 704

πικρία 
Pikria 
Usage: 4

and







and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

θυμός 
Thumos 
Usage: 18

ὀργή 
Orge 
Usage: 35

κραυγή 
Krauge 
Usage: 5

βλασφημία 
Blasphemia 
Usage: 13

be put away
αἴρω 
Airo 
take up, take away, take, away with, lift up, bear,
Usage: 52

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

you
ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

with
σύν 
sun 
Usage: 120

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 4:31

Images Ephesians 4:31

Context Readings

Old Behavior, New Behavior, And Motivation

30 And do not grieve God's Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the Day of Redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, passion, anger, brawling, and abusive language be banished from among you, as well as all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ready to forgive one another, just as God, in Christ, forgave you.


Cross References

Colossians 3:8

You, however, must now lay aside all such things--anger, passion, malice, slander, abuse.

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.

Romans 3:14

'And their mouths are full of bitter curses.'

Ephesians 4:26

'Be angry, yet do not sin.' Do not let the sun go down upon your anger;

James 1:19

Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

1 Peter 2:1

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,

Acts 19:28-29

When they heard this, the men were greatly enraged, and began shouting--"Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

Acts 21:30

The whole city was stirred, and the people quickly collected, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the Temple, when the doors were immediately shut.

Acts 22:22-23

Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: "Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!"

Romans 1:29-30

They reveled in every form of wickedness, evil, greed, vice. Their lives were full of envy, murder, quarreling, treachery, malice.

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep our festival, not with the leaven of former days, nor with the leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

1 Corinthians 14:20

Brothers, do not show yourselves children in understanding. In wickedness be infants, but in understanding show yourselves men.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill-feeling, rivalry, slandering, back-biting, self-assertion, and disorder.

Galatians 5:20

Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;

1 Timothy 3:11

It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

1 Timothy 5:13

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

1 Timothy 6:4-5

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions,

2 Timothy 2:23

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;

2 Timothy 3:3

incapable of affection, merciless, slanderous, wanting in self-control, brutal, careless of the right,

Titus 1:7

For a Presiding-Officer, as God's steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.

Titus 2:3

So, too, that the older women should be reverent in their demeanor, and that they should avoid scandal, and beware of becoming slaves to drink;

Titus 3:2-3

to be forbearing, and under all circumstances to show a gentle spirit in dealing with others, whoever they may be.

James 3:14-2

But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth.

James 4:11

Do not disparage one another, Brothers. He who disparages his Brother, or passes judgment on his Brother, disparages the Law and passes judgment on the Law. But, if you pass judgment on the Law, you are not obeying it, but judging it.

2 Peter 2:10-11

especially those who, following the promptings of their lower nature, indulge their polluting passions and despise all control. Audacious and self-willed, they feel no awe of the Mighty, maligning them,

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good.

1 John 3:15

Every one who hates his Brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has Immortal Life within him.

Jude 1:8-10

Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in Heaven which said-- 'Now has begun the day of the Salvation, and Power, and Dominion of our God, and the Rule of his Christ; for the Accuser of our Brothers has been hurled down, he who has been accusing them before our God day and night.

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