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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me. That was a popular saying when I was a girl. But I discovered early in life that those smart-sounding words were not true. Words can hurt dreadfully! Thats why the Apostle Paul wrote these words to the church in Ephesians 4：29： Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying... 在我还是一个小孩子的时候, 流行这样一句话：骂的不疼打的疼。 可是长大以后我发现这句听起来似乎对的话, 其实一点都不对。话语可以深深地伤害一个人。这就是为什么主耶稣的使徒保罗, 写信给以弗所的教会时这样说：污秽的言语, 一句不可出口, 只要随事说造就人的好话, 叫听见的人得益处 。 Another word for corrupt is polluted. You know that polluted water means water that has filth or harmful chemicals in it. Communication simply means our words! Paul is saying, dont let any filthy, or harmful words go out of your mouth. Then Paul tells us what kind of words SHOULD come out of our mouth：...that which is good to the use of edifying. Edifying means building up, helping others do the right thing. Paul is saying, dont say wrong things that harm people, but say right things that help people! 污秽也有被污染的意思。如果水被污染了, 它不但脏, 里面还含有有害的化学物质, 是不能喝的。保罗说, 污秽的言语, 一句不可出口, 他说, 我们应当说的是造就人的好话, 叫听见的人得益处。造就人就是帮助别人做对的事。保罗的意思就是我们不应该说污秽的言语去伤害别人, 而应该说造就人的好话去帮助别人。 | 
