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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ephesians 4 The apostle having in the three former chapters treated of the doctrines of grace, and explained and established them, proceeds in the three following to exhort to the duties of religion; and in this advises to a becoming conversation in general, and to brotherly concord and unity in particular; and dehorts from several vices, and encourages to the contrary virtues....
John Gill
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,.... As unsavoury speech, foolish talking, light and frothy language, that which is filthy, unprofitable, noxious, and nauseous, and all that is sinful; such as profane oaths, curses, and imprecations, unchaste words, angry ones, proud, haughty, and arrogant expressions, lies, perjury, c. which may be called corrupt, because such...
Matthew Henry
We have gone through the former part of this epistle, which consists of several important doctrinal truths, contained in the three preceding chapters. We enter now on the latter part of it, in which we have the most weighty and serious exhortations that can be given. We may observe that in this, as in most others of Paul's epistles, the former part is doctrinal, and fitted to inform the minds of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, Putrid is the word — “no putrid communication” — no word, therefore, which tends to do harm to the purest mind — nothing which is unsavory; therefore, also, nothing that is untrue — nothing that is slanderous —nothing that would injure my neighbor. “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth.” “You may as well say it as think...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Why does the apostle say clamor? Why. because when people are angry they generally talk very loud, and I...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, Do not utter a dirty or corrupt word, nay, though it has a merry jest appended to it, do not speak it. “He pares his apple who would cleanly feed,” is a good proverb. Take away all that is corrupt about the story. Eph_4:29. But that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. What sweet talking there...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,- I have heard unthinking people say, “Well, if it is in your heart, you may as well speak it; it is better out than in.” I do not agree with them! If you had a barrel of whiskey in your house, that would certainly be a bad thing to be in your possession; but it would not do any hurt so long as you kept it unopened, so that nobody could get...
Charles H. Spurgeon
That which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Especially take heed of that “evil speaking” against which the apostle warns you, for there are many people...