“Neither give place to the devil.”
And do not give the devil a foothold — the warning topos ('foothold,' 'opportunity,' 'room') should not be given to diabolos ('the devil'), anger creating the opening for Satanic influence.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:27
Having spoken of the “old man” generally, he next draws him also in detail; for this kind of teaching is more easily learned when we learn by particulars. And what says he? “Wherefore, putting away falsehood.” What sort of falsehood? Idols does he mean? Surely not; not indeed but that they are falsehood also. However, he is not now speaking of them, because these persons had nothing to do with them; but he is speaking of that which passes between one man and another, meaning…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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