Ephesians 4:26

Louise Cafolla lcafolla at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 12 22:07:04 EDT 2000


Friends discussing Ephesians have a question concerning the tense of the 
verb "angry" in this passage.  Some references seem to indicate the text is 
a continual command, i.e., "continually be angry."  Roberts Word Pictures 
states that be angry is "permissive imperative" and specifically NOT a 
command to be angry, but rather a way to indicate the sinful danger 
inherent in being angy.  I can't find anything on a verb tense called 
permissive imperative anywhere - does anyone have further information?  
Thank you so much.



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