A Christlike person, one seeking to become like Jesus Christ and walk in holiness, cannot have speech that harms others. Instead, he is to put on the kind that is good for building up, so that others may receive grace when they hear it. We must put off rotten communication, and put on edifying communication by renewing our minds with God’s attitude toward the tongue.

A Christlike person, one seeking to become like Jesus Christ and walk in holiness, cannot have speech that harms others. Instead, he is to put on the kind that is good for building up, so that others may receive grace when they hear it. We must put off rotten communication, and put on edifying communication by renewing our minds with God’s attitude toward the tongue.