Ephesians 5:4 meaning and explanation
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to believers in Ephesus, continuing the call from verses 1 and 2 to imitate God and walk in love. Here he names three kinds of speech that do not fit people called saints: obscenity, foolish talk, and crude joking, a Greek word (eutrapelia) that can mean witty banter but here means coarse humor that wounds or degrades.
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