Ephesians 4:29

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. CORRUPT, [ sapros (G4550)] - 'insipid;' without 'the salt of grace' (Colossians 4:6); so worthless, then becoming corrupt: included in "foolish talking" (Ephesians 5:4). Its opposite is "that which is good to ... edifying." COMMUNICATION - language. THAT WHICH ... - Greek, 'whatever is good.' USE OF EDIFYING - literally, 'for edifying in respect of the need;' according as the occasion and present needs of the hearers require-now censure, at another time consol...

29._No filthy speech. _He first forbids believers to use any _filthy _language, including under this name all those expressions which are wont to be employed for the purpose of inflaming lust. Not satisfied with the removal of the vice, he enjoins them to frame their discourse for edification. In another Epistle he says, “Let your speech be seasoned with salt.” (Colossians 4:6.) Here a different phrase is employed, _if any _(speech) _be good to the use of edifying, _which means simply, _if it be useful. _The genitive, _of use, _may no doubt be viewed, according to the Hebrew idiom, as put for an adjective, so that _for the edification of use _( πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τὢς χρείας) may mean _for useful edification; _but when I consider how frequently, and in how extensive a meaning, the metaphor of _edifying _occurs in Pau

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 humble, courteous behaviour. Mark how God's forgiveness causes us to forgive. God forgives us, though we had no cause to sin against him. We must forgive, as he has forgiven us. All lying, and corrupt communications, that stir up evil desires and lusts, grieve the Spirit of God. Corrupt passions of bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil-speaking, and malice, grieve the Holy Spirit. Provoke not the holy, blessed Spirit of God to withdraw his presenc...

Verse 29. _LET NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION_] πασ λογος σαπρος. _Kypke_ observes that λογος σαπρος signifies a _useless, putrid,_ _unsavoury_, and _obscene word_ or _conversation_. 1. _Useless_, particularly that which has been rendered so by old age and corruption. 2. _Putrid, impure_; so Aristophanes in Lysistrat., p. 859, calls a _bad woman_ σαπραεμοισυλουτρονωσαπρα. _Tune_, _Spurca! balneum mihi parabis_? 3. _Calumnious_, or _reproachful_; whatever has a tendency to _injure_ the _name, fame_, or _interest_ of another. In short, it appears to mean any word or thing _obscene_, any thing that _injures virtue, countenances vice_, or _scoffs_ at _religion_. In the parallel place, Colossians 4:6, the apostle exhorts that our speech may be seasoned with sa

LET NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION PROCEED - see the notes on 1 Corinthians 15:33. The word rendered “corrupt” (σαπρὸς 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 obscene, offensive, or that tends to corrupt others. The importance of this admonition will be appreciated when it is remembered: (1) That such obscene and filthy conversation prevailed everywhere, and does still among t

EXPOSITION PRACTICAL PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. EPHESIANS 4:1 CHURCH PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS; THE CHURCH A BODY. EPHESIANS 4:1 I THEREFORE. Inference not only from last chapter, but the whole Epistle. Paul's interest in the Ephesians led him to a double application of the great subject which he had expounded: (1) to ask God on their behalf that he would bestow on them the full measure of the blessing to which of his grace they were entitled ...

LET NO CORRUPT COMMUNICATION PROCEED OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,.... As unsavoury speech, foolish talking, light and frothy language, that which is filthy, unprofitable, noxious, and nauseous, and all that is sinful; such as profane oaths, curses, and imprecations, unchaste words, angry ones, proud, haughty, and arrogant expressions, lies, perjury, c. which may be called corrupt, because such communication springs from a corrupt heart is an evidence of the corruption of it; the subject matter of it is corrupt; and it conveys corruption to others, it corrupts good manners; and is the cause of men's going down to the pit of corruption: wherefore a restraint should be laid upon the lips of men; men have not a right to say what they please; good men will be cautious what they say, otherwise their religion is in vain; and conscious of their own weakness, they will pray to God to set a watch before the...

Ephesians 4:1. _I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;_ It is a loving call. Walk lovingly. It is the condescension of God that called you. Be, therefore, lowly. It is God in tenderness who has loved you. Be, therefore, meek, «forbearing one another in love.» Ephesians 4:3. _Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all._ Therefore, strive for unity. Woe unto those who divide believers that rob

GRACE Grace (imparted). (Philippians 1:7); (Romans 6:1); (2 Peter 3:18)....

EPHESIANS 4:29 crei,aj {A} Because crei,aj may have seemed ill-suited in the context, several witnesses (chiefly those that present a Western type of text) have substituted pi,stewj, which is much easier to construe with oivkodomh,n....