(17) Let no (n) corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister (o) grace unto the hearers.
(17) He bridles the tongue as well, teaching us to so temper our talk, that our hearer's minds are not destroyed, and are rather instructed.
(n) Literally, "rotten".
(o) By grace he means that by which men most profit with regard to going forward in godliness and love.