Tree of Life Version
Ephesians 4:29
29Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.
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
27nor give the devil a foothold. 28The one who steals must steal no longer—instead he must work, doing something useful with his own hands, so he may have something to share with the one who has need. Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it. 30Do not grieve the Ruach ha-Kodesh of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness and rage and anger and quarreling and slander, 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Letἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
- ·πᾶςpas · allG3956
- noμήmē · notG3361
- corruptσαπρόςsapros · rottenG4550
- communicationλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- yourσύsu · youG4771
- mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- thatεἰei · ifG1487
- which isτιςtis · oneG5100
- goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- the useχρείαchreia · needG5532
- of edifyingοἰκοδομήoikodomē · buildingG3619
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- it may ministerδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
- unto the hearersἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
Cross-references for Ephesians 4:29
- Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed—don’t even let these be mentioned among you, as is proper for kedoshim.
- Psalms 5:9Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
- Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”
- Psalms 73:7Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
- Romans 3:13Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they keep deceiving. The poison of vipers is under their lips.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If, for human reasons, I fought with “wild animals” at Ephesus, what good is that to me? If the dead are not raised, “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Colossians 3:8But now, set them all aside—anger, rage, malice, slander, and foul language out of your mouth.
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, to know how you ought to answer everyone.
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
- 2 Peter 2:18For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
- Revelation 13:5The beast was given a mouth uttering great boasts and blasphemies. It was given authority to act for forty-two months.
- Deuteronomy 6:6These words, which I am commanding you today, are to be on your heart.
- Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom and his tongue speaks justice.
- Psalms 45:2My heart is stirred with a good word. I speak my verses to the king. My tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
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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- 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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