“Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
The Greek word translated 'corrupting' is sapros — rotten, putrid, the word for fruit that has gone bad. Paul uses a sensory image: words that decay rather than nourish. The contrast is not between rude and polite.
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