Ephesians 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
Ephesians 5:4 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 5:412 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:4
“Nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting; but rather giving of thanks.” Have no witticisms, no obscenities, either in word or in deed, and you will quench the flame — “let them not even be named,” says he, “among you,” that is, let them not anywhere even make their appearance. This he says also in writing to the Corinthians. “It is actually reported that there is fornication among you” 1 Corinthians 5:1; as much as to say, Be all pure. For…
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