Bible verse
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ephesians 5.
1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that 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 the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
KJV
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
ASV
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
ERV
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
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