Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
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5Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;
2 Kings 2:20So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
Psalms 45:2\45:1\My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalms 71:15My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
Psalms 78:3Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:6-7
Apostolic Exhortations. ( a. d. 62.) 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. The apostle exhorts them further to a prudent and decent conduct towards all those with whom they conversed, towards the heathen world, or those out of the Christian church among whom they lived ( v. 5 ): Walk in wisdom towards those who are without. Be careful, in all your converse with them, to get no… Read the whole commentary →