Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.
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5Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming this age.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart.
2 Kings 2:20And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,
Psalms 45:2Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.
Psalms 71:15And he will live, and to him will be given from the gold of Arabia, and by him they will always adore. They will bless him all day long.
Psalms 78:3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.
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 →