4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.


In Context

1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children

2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person--such a man is an idolater--has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Ephesians 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose; but rather giving of thanks.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.