Efesus 4:29

4:29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, ¹  that it may give grace to those who hear.

Efesus 6:4

6:4 Fathers, ²  do not provoke your children to anger, ³  but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Efesus 6:6

6:6 not like those who do their work only when someone is watching ⁴  – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. ⁵ 

[4:29]  ¹ tn Grk “but if something good for the building up of the need.” The final genitive τῆς χρείας (th" creia") may refer to “the need of the moment” or it may refer to the need of a particular person or group of people as the next phrase “give grace to those who hear” indicates.

[6:4]  ² tn Or perhaps “Parents” (so TEV, CEV). The plural οἱ πατέρες (Joi patere", “fathers”) can be used to refer to both the male and female parent (BDAG 786 s.v. πατήρ 1.b).

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “do not make your children angry.” BDAG 780 s.v. παροργίζω states “make angry.” The Greek verb in Col 3:21 is a different one with a slightly different nuance.

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “not according to eye-service.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “from the soul.”