Ephesians 5:4
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Though some tongues just love the taste of gossip, those who follow Jesus have better uses for language than that. Don’t talk dirty or silly. That kind of talk doesn’t fit our style. Thanksgiving is our dialect.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
and obscenity, and foolish talk, or coarse jesting (which are not proper), but rather thanksgiving.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
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