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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.

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πᾶςpasallπᾶςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.λόγοςlogoscommunicationλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “communication”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.communicationσαπρὸςsaprosrottenσαπρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “rotten”, the subject formG4550rotten, useless, corrupt, depraved.This verse uses “rotten”.ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματοςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐκπορευέσθωekporeuesthōto departἐκπορεύομαι (ekporeuomai)verb, present middle imperative, 3rd person singular — “to depart”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1607I depart from; I am voided, cast out; I proceed from, am spoken; I burst forth, flow out, am spread abroad.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butεἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἀγαθὸςagathosis goodἀγαθόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “is good”, the subject formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.is goodπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnof edifyingοἰκοδομή (oikodomē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of edifying”, the object formG3619(a) the act of building, (b) a building, (c) met: spiritual advancement, edification.of edifyingτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.χρείαςchreiasneedχρεία (chreia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “need”, the of-formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.ἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatδῷdōit may ministerδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “it may minister”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.it may ministerχάρινcharingraceχάρις (charis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “grace”, the object formG5485(a) grace, as a gift or blessing brought to man by Jesus Christ, (b) favor, (c) gratitude, thanks, (d) a favor, kindness.This verse uses “grace”.graceτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀκούουσινakouousinunto the hearersἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active participle, dative, plural, masculine — “unto the hearers”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.unto the hearers

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

World English Bible

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Darby Translation

Let no corrupt 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].

Douay-Rheims

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.

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