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OET (OET-LV) and filthiness, and foolish_talk, or crude_joking, which not was_fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία
but rather thanksgiving
The word thanksgiving is a verbal noun, and can be translated with a verb: “instead of those things, you should thank God”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον
but rather
The connecting phrase but instead introduces a contrast relationship. Sinful acts and thoughts are in contrast to thanksgiving to God. Use a connecting word that indicates a contrast in your language.
5:4 The speech of God’s people is to be characterized by thankfulness to God (see 4:29; 5:3, 12).
OET (OET-LV) and filthiness, and foolish_talk, or crude_joking, which not was_fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.