29 [a]Let no [b]corrupt communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister [c]grace unto the hearers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:29 He bridleth the tongue also, teaching us so to temper our talk, that our hearer’s mind be not only not destroyed, but also instructed.
  2. Ephesians 4:29 Word for word, rotten.
  3. Ephesians 4:29 By grace he meaneth that, whereby men may profit to the going on forward godliness and love.

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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