But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;
All Commentaries on Ephesians 5:3 Go To Ephesians 5
Gaius Marius Victorinus
AD 400
The name, the mind and the conscience of the saints demand that the tongue itself should be an agent of holiness. If a person who is holy in his ways speaks unnecessarily of abominable behaviors, he may harbor sin. Even speaking of them may show how well acquainted he is with vices better left unspoken. .