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Eph. 4:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ekporeuomai (Greek #1607)
to depart, be discharged, proceed, project
KJV usage: come (forth, out of), depart, go (forth, out), issue, proceed (out of).
Pronounce: ek-por-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 4198
no
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
corrupt
sapros (Greek #4550)
rotten, i.e. worthless (literally or morally)
KJV usage: bad, corrupt. Compare 4190.
Pronounce: sap-ros'
Origin: from 4595
v communication
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
proceed
ekporeuomai (Greek #1607)
to depart, be discharged, proceed, project
KJV usage: come (forth, out of), depart, go (forth, out), issue, proceed (out of).
Pronounce: ek-por-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 4198
out of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
mouth
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
stoma (Greek #4750)
the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figuratively, an opening (in the earth); specially, the front or edge (of a weapon)
KJV usage: edge, face, mouth.
Pronounce: stom'-a
Origin: probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of 5114
, but
alla (Greek #235)
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
KJV usage: and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
Pronounce: al-lah'
Origin: neuter plural of 243
that
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
which is
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
good
agathos (Greek #18)
"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
KJV usage: benefit, good(-s, things), well. Compare 2570.
Pronounce: ag-ath-os'
Origin: a primary word
ζto
pros (Greek #4314)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
KJV usage: about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.
Pronounce: pros
Origin: a strengthened form of 4253
the use
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
chreia (Greek #5532)
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
KJV usage: business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Pronounce: khri'-ah
Origin: from the base of 5530 or 5534
of edifying
oikodome (Greek #3619)
architecture, i.e. (concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation
KJV usage: building, edify(-ication, -ing).
Pronounce: oy-kod-om-ay'
Origin: feminine (abstract) of a compound of 3624 and the base of 1430
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
it may minister
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
grace
charis (Greek #5485)
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
KJV usage: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Pronounce: khar'-ece
Origin: from 5463
unto the hearers
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col. 4:6)
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for, to edify profitably.

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Eph. 5:3‑4• 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
 4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. (Eph. 5:3‑4)
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Psa. 5:9• 9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. (Psa. 5:9)
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Psa. 52:2• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. (Psa. 52:2)
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Psa. 73:7‑9• 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
 8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
 9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:7‑9)
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Matt. 12:34‑37• 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:34‑37)
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Rom. 3:13‑14• 13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: (Rom. 3:13‑14)
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1 Cor. 15:32‑33• 32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:32‑33)
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Col. 3:8‑9• 8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Col. 3:8‑9)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col. 4:6)
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James 3:2‑8• 2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
 3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
 4Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
 5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
 7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
 8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (James 3:2‑8)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. (2 Peter 2:18)
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Jude 13‑16• 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
 14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. (Jude 13‑16)
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Rev. 13:5‑6• 5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (Rev. 13:5‑6)
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Deut. 6:6‑9• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. (Deut. 6:6‑9)
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Psa. 37:30‑31• 30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
 31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. (Psa. 37:30‑31)
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Psa. 45:2• 2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. (Psa. 45:2)
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Psa. 71:17‑18,24• 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
 18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
 24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. (Psa. 71:17‑18,24)
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Psa. 78:4‑5• 4We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: (Psa. 78:4‑5)
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Prov. 10:31‑32• 31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
 32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. (Prov. 10:31‑32)
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Prov. 12:13• 13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 15:2‑4,7,23• 2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
 3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
 4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
 7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
 23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! (Prov. 15:2‑4,7,23)
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Prov. 16:21• 21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. (Prov. 16:21)
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Prov. 25:11‑12• 11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
 12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. (Prov. 25:11‑12)
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Isa. 50:4• 4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. (Isa. 50:4)
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Mal. 3:16‑18• 16Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
 17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
 18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. (Mal. 3:16‑18)
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Luke 4:22• 22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? (Luke 4:22)
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1 Cor. 14:19• 19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. (1 Cor. 14:19)
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Col. 3:16‑17• 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
 17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. (Col. 3:16‑17)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Col. 4:6)
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1 Thess. 5:11• 11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. (1 Thess. 5:11)
to the use of edifying.
or, to edify profitably.
Eph. 4:12,16• 12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
 16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:12,16)
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Matt. 5:16• 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 5:16)
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1 Peter 2:12• 12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)
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1 Peter 3:1• 1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; (1 Peter 3:1)
• He takes the two essential names of God (He has many attributes), love and light; both are that in which we have to say to God. (“Thoughts on Ephesians 4” by J.N. Darby)
• Unclean allusion we shall find specified and forbidden in the chapter following. Here I conceive the circle is more comprehensive. Many who would neither utter nor hear impure conversation may often have to bemoan the utterance and the sanction of unsavory discourse. Better to be silent if there be not (such is the force) something good for needful edification. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:28-30” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let no corrupth word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "filthy"; a figure drawn from what is evil and bad, as fruit. see Matt. 7.17-18 "worthless."

W. Kelly Translation

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Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear.