| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...words proceeded out of Jesus mouth. £ph. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may Minuter grace unto the hearers. v. S. Fornication and all un cleanness, let it not be once named traongst... | |
| William Penn - Christian life - 1807 - 394 pages
...same in all godly honesty :" as the apostle saith, " Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may administer grace to the hearers ; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, but rather... | |
| Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 388 pages
...bond of peace. — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good, for the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and clamor, and evil speaking be put away from among you, with all... | |
| Thomas Wilson - Devotional exercises - 1808 - 148 pages
...forever, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Ephes. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth ; but that, which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Grant, O God, that I may delight in thy law ; that my conversation may be truly christian.... | |
| John Jortin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1809 - 268 pages
...favour of God. Thus, in the epistle to the Ephesians; "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers ;" that it may excite them to virtue. Thus St. Peter; "Grow in grace d ;" that is, in goodness. d An... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1809 - 366 pages
...may " I do, and get Good! Let no corrupt Comnnmieution ." proceed'out of my Mouth, but that zchich is good to " the Use of edifying, that it may minister G-race to the " Hearers (g)!" When entering upon Difficulties, "-Lord, t1 (h) ! Teach me Thy Ways, andleadme in aplain Path!... | |
| John Skinner - 1809 - 582 pages
...ur/iwmu, not becoming, agreeable to ' character), but rather giving of thanks ' ' — ' and ' what is good to the use of edifying, that it may ' minister grace to the hearers *.' Thy speech is comely. — The conclusion of this verse has already been noticed, and such an explanation... | |
| Baptists - 1829 - 610 pages
...sing unto God and to talk of his wonderous works ; to let that communication proceed out of our mouth which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearer, and to let our speech, always be with grace, seasoned with salt. Nor do they thus... | |
| George Campbell - Christian ethics - 1810 - 360 pages
...the apostolical admonition ought to be sacredly observed, that " nothing proceed out of the speaker's mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers." But for our direction in this kind of discernment, no precepts, it must be acknowledged, will suffice.... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 660 pages
...Pure and Edifying Conversation. KFHESIANS iv. 59. Let no corrufit communication firoceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearert^ IN this, and in the preceding and following verses, the Apostle instructs us, how the renewed... | |
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