New American Standard Bible 1995
Ephesians 4:29
29Let no 12unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for 3edification 4according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Context of Ephesians 4:29
27and do not give the devil an opportunity. 28He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. 30Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Read all of Ephesians 4Ephesians 4:29 word by word
Πᾶς λόγος σαπρὸς ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν μὴ ἐκπορευέσθω ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἀγαθὸς πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χρείας, ἵνα δῷ χάριν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.Read the interlinear
- Let noμήmē · notG3361
- Let noπᾶςpas · allG3956
- unwholesomeσαπρόςsapros · rottenG4550
- wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- proceedἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
- from your mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
- but onlyεἰei · ifG1487
- suchτιςtis · oneG5100
- as is goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- edificationοἰκοδομήoikodomē · buildingG3619
- according to the needχρείαchreia · needG5532
- soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- that it will giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- to thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- who hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
Cross-references for Ephesians 4:29
- Ephesians 5:3But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
- Psalms 5:9There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalms 73:7Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
- Romans 3:13“Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
- Colossians 3:8But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
- 2 Peter 2:18For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
- Revelation 13:5There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
- Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.
- Psalms 45:2You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.
Commentaries on Ephesians 4:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Let no corrupt communication - . Kypke observes that signifies a useless, putrid, unsavory, and obscene word or conversation. Useless, particularly that which has been rendered so by old age and corruption. Putrid, impure; so Aristophanes in Lysistrat., p. 859, calls a bad woman : , · Tune, Spurca! balneum mihi parabis? Calumnious, or reproachful; whatever has a tendency to injure the name, fame, or interest of another. In short, it appears to mean any…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Let no corrupt communication proceed - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 15:33. The word rendered “corrupt” ( ̀ sapros) means bad, decayed, rotten, and is applied to putrid vegetable or animal substances. Then it is applied to a tree that is of a useless character, that produces no good fruit; Matthew 7:17. Then it is used in a moral sense, as our word “corrupt” is, to denote that which is depraved, evil. contaminating, and may denote here anything that is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-32Verses 29-32 Filthy words proceed from corruption in the speaker, and they corrupt the minds and manners of those who hear them: Christians should beware of all such discourse. It is the duty of Christians to seek, by the blessing of God, to bring persons to think seriously, and to encourage and warn believers by their conversation. Be ye kind one to another. This sets forth the principle of love in the heart, and the outward expression of it, in a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Believers should learn new ways of speaking that encourage others (see also 5:3–4, 12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. corrupt--literally, "insipid," without "the salt of grace" (Col 4:6), so worthless and then becoming corrupt: included in "foolish talking" (Ep 5:4). Its opposite is "that which is good to edifying." communication--language. that which, &c.--Greek, "whatever is good." use of edifying--literally, "for edifying of the need," that is, for edifying where it is needed. Seasonably edifying; according as the occasion and present needs of the hearers require…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Ephesians 4:29 Lit rotten ↩
- 2. Ephesians 4:29 Matt 12:34; Eph 5:4; Col 3:8 ↩
- 3. Ephesians 4:29 Eccl 10:12; Rom 14:19; Col 4:6 ↩
- 4. Ephesians 4:29 Lit of the need ↩
Commentaries on Ephesians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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