‘Be Angry But Do Not Sin’ (Ephesians 4:26a): Sin and the Emotions in the New Testament with Special Reference to Anger

A presupposition of this essay is that a Christian understanding of sin should give attention to the emotions (or passions). Taking anger as a case in point, an account is offered of the paraenēsis in Eph. 4:26 where anger and sin are juxtaposed. The main argument is that the teaching about anger ha...

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Main Author: Barton, Stephen C. 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2015
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-34
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Anger
B Passions
B Ephesians
B Sin
B Emotions
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Summary:A presupposition of this essay is that a Christian understanding of sin should give attention to the emotions (or passions). Taking anger as a case in point, an account is offered of the paraenēsis in Eph. 4:26 where anger and sin are juxtaposed. The main argument is that the teaching about anger has to be situated in relation to the moral-theological vision of Ephesians as a whole, central to which is the coming together as one of Jews and Gentiles in the Church. Anger is a sin, if it undermines the eschatological oneness of the Body of Christ.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946814555444