Ephesians 5:4 Douay-Rheims

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

Cyprian

c. A.D. 200–258 Patristic

That we must not speak foolishly and offensively. In Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians: "Foolish speaking and scurrility, which are not fitting for the occasion, let them not be even named among you."

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A.D. 258 · on Eph 5:4 (Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews)

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