THEOSISEphesians 4:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.
πας λογος σαπρος εκ του στοματος υμων μη εκπορευεσθω αλλ ει τις αγαθος προς οικοδομην της χρειας ινα δω χαριν τοις ακουουσιν
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Col 4:6Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.
- 1 Thess 5:11For which cause comfort one another and edify one another, as you also do.
- Eccl 10:12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
- Prov 15:7The lips of the wise shall disperse knowledge: the heart of fools shall be unlike.
- Col 3:8But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.
- Col 3:9Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,
- Prov 25:11To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
- Prov 25:12As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
The original text
Greek text, 22 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ΠᾶςpasallG3956 · πᾶς
- λόγοςlogosa wordG3056 · λόγος
- σαπρὸςsaprosrottenG4550 · σαπρός
- ἐκekfrom outG1537 · ἐκ
- τοῦtoutheG3588 · ὁ
- στόματοςstomatosthe mouthG4750 · στόμα
- ὑμῶνhymōnyouG4771 · σύ
- μὴmēnotG3361 · μή
- ἐκπορευέσθωekporeuesthōI journey outG1607 · ἐκπορεύω
- ἀλλὰallabutG235 · ἀλλά
- εἴeiifG1487 · εἰ
- τιςtisany oneG5100 · τις
- ἀγαθὸςagathosgoodG18 · ἀγαθός
- πρὸςprostoG4314 · πρός
- οἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnthe act of buildingG3619 · οἰκοδομή
- τῆςtēstheG3588 · ὁ
- χρείαςchreiasneedG5532 · χρεία
- ἵναhinain order thatG2443 · ἵνα
- δῷdōI offerG1325 · δίδωμι
- χάρινcharingraceG5485 · χάρις
- τοῖςtoistheG3588 · ὁ
- ἀκούουσινakouousinI hearG191 · ἀκούω