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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Qu'il ne sorte de votre bouche aucune parole mauvaise, mais, s'il y a lieu, quelque bonne parole, qui serve à l'édification et communique une grâce à ceux qui l'entendent.
KJV
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.
Hermas
The Shepherd of Hermas
περτι. διϝιτιαε συαε εος πυσιλλυμ οβσξυρανερυντ α ϝεριτατε ατ#3υε οβφυσξαϝερυντ, α δεο ϝερο νυν#3υαμ Eph. 4, 29 ρεξεσσερυντ, νεξ υλλυμ ϝερβυμ μαλυμ προξεσσιτ δε ορε εορυμ, σεδ ομνις αε#3υιτας ετ ϝιρτυς ϝεριτατις. ηορυμ εργο μεντεμ ξυμ ϝιδισσετ δομινυς ποσσε εος ϝεριτατι φανερε, β…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
grace on the Church's members. But it belongs to others also to grant grace to others, according to Eph. 4:29 : "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." Therefore it seems to bel…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)
aperuit, ut sapientiam doceret, juxta illud Apostoli, Omnis sermo malus ex ore vestro non procedat (Ephes. IV, 29) ; sed si quis bonus ad aedificationem fidei, ut det gratiam audientibus. Vel certe os cordis aperuit ad discendam ab ipsa interius sapientia veritatem, quam alios fo…
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