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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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Ephesians 4:29
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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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Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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  1. Ephesians 4:29 building up
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Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (B)grace to those who hear.

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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Let no [a](A)unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for (B)edification [b]according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

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  1. Ephesians 4:29 Lit rotten
  2. Ephesians 4:29 Lit of the need
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Ephesians 5:4
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4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(A) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(B)

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Ephesians 5:4
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4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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Ephesians 5:4
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4 (A)neither filthiness, nor (B)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, (C)which are not fitting, but rather (D)giving of thanks.

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Ephesians 5:4
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4 Let there be (A)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, (B)which are out of place, but instead (C)let there be thanksgiving.

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Ephesians 5:4
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4 and there must be no (A)filthiness [a]or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which (B)are not fitting, but rather (C)giving of thanks.

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  1. Ephesians 5:4 Lit and
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