Ephesians 4:29
29 Let [sapros] no [me] [pas] corrupt [sapros] communication [logos]
proceed [ekporeuomai] out of [ek] your [humon] mouth, [stoma] but [alla] that which [ei
tis] is good [agathos]
to [pros] the use [chreia] of edifying, [oikodome]
that [hina] it may minister [didomi] grace [charis] unto the
hearers. [akouo] KJV-Interlinear
29 Let
no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good
for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to
those who hear. NASB
Humanity is a social
creature. We walk, we talk, we interact
with others everyday throughout our lives.
We are a mix of
personalities and beliefs, and attitudes, and so forth.
More often than not, we
clash. And, from a persons younger years
and school friend interactions, to our older years and whatever social skills
we have learned, or have not learned, we are always going to be faced with
differing opinions and behaviors.
Thus the temptation to be
defensive or opinionated is always present.
And often times that interaction is negative and not productive.
So the old saying, ‘If
you can’t say anything good, then don’t say anything,’ comes into focus.
Anything that is not
productive or helpful, need not be said.
It does no good. It only promotes
bad feelings or worse.
Therefore, let all that
you think and therefore say, be productive, such that it helps others, rather
than creating adversarial situations.
This does not mean that
all of your conversation should be of an academic nature. Certainly most conversations are simply for
social interaction, casual conversation, entertaining, informative, fun and so
forth.
No one will want to hear
doctrinal lectures 24/7. But everyone wants to hear variety, and positive, and
upbeat, and informative, and fun conversation.
Positive reaps positive,
so the promotion of the positive is certainly more beneficial than the pursuit
of complaints, or gossip, or the sour grapes attitude, or the maligning of
others.
Negatives do no good, and
only serve to set yourself back, as well as sowing discontent in others. Nobody wins.
Positives on the other
hand, serve to edify, ‘oikodome,’ which stands for the architectural structure
of the soul. It means to build, to
construct, to confirm as in the verification that something is really there.
So the positives of life,
and certainly doctrine, all help in the construction, the completion, the
structural integrity of your own soul as well as that of others.
So, you are responsible
for your own soul, just as others are responsible for their own soul, but we
all have a certain responsibility to others as well.
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