Ephesians 4:27
Good News Translation
Don't give the Devil a chance.

New Revised Standard Version
and do not make room for the devil.

Contemporary English Version
and don't give the devil a chance.

New American Bible
and do not leave room for the devil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give not place to the devil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give not place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11,16 Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. . . .

Acts 5:3 But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost and by fraud keep part of the price of the land?

2 Corinthians 2:10,11 And to whom you have pardoned any thing, I also. For, what I have pardoned, if I have pardoned any thing, for your sakes have I done it in the person of Christ: . . .

James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

Context
New Life in Christ
26Be angry: and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger. 27Give not place to the devil. 28He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.…
Cross References
Romans 12:19
Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

James 4:7
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

Ephesians 4:26
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