Ephesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.Ephesians 5:4 in the real world
In what words
- αἰσχρότηςaischrótēsshamefulness, i.e. obscenity
- εὐτραπελίαeutrapelíawitticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry
- μωρολογίαmōrologíasilly talk, i.e. buffoonery
- ἀνήκωanḗkōto attain to, i.e. (figuratively) be proper
- μᾶλλονmâllon(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
- ἤḗdisjunctive, or; comparative, than
- ὁhothe (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- ἀλλάalláproperly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
+2 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Col 3:8, Eph 4:29, 1Th 5:18, Pro 15:2, Mat 12:34–37, Jas 3:4–8, Ecc 10:13, Col 3:15–17