Ephesians 5:4
King James Version
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
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Ephesians 5:4
New Living Translation
4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.
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Ephesians 5:4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
4 Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but instead voice your thankfulness [to God].
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Ephesians 5:11-12
King James Version
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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Ephesians 5:11-12
New Living Translation
11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret.
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Ephesians 5:11-12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] [a]expose and reprove and convict them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret.
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- Ephesians 5:11 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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