Ephesians 4:29

Let no hateful language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey grace to those who hear.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28And let him that stole, steal no more; but let him labor with his hands, and do good acts; that he may have to give to him who needeth.

30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

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Matthew Henry on Ephesians 4:18-32

Exhortation to Purity and Holiness; Cautions against Sin; Against Grieving the Spirit. ( a. d. 61.) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not… Read the whole commentary →

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