Ephesians 4:29 (GNV)

Passage

Let no corrupt comunication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:27 Neither giue place to the deuill.

Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole, steale no more: but let him rather labour, and worke with his handes the thing which is good, that hee may haue to giue vnto him that needeth.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt comunication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

Ephesians 4:30 And grieue not the holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed vnto ye day of redemption.

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "corrupt", "comunication", "proceed", "mouths", "good", "edifying", and "minister". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "corrupt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "Let him that stole steale no more..." into verse 30's "And grieue not the holy Spirit of...", so "grace" and "corrupt" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "corrupt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.