Colossians 4:6

And let your speech at all time be with grace as sprinkled with salt, each one knowing how it becometh him to return the answer.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

In Context

5In wisdom walk towards the outward ones, and redeem your opportunity.

7What concerneth me will Tykikos, a beloved brother and faithful minister, and our companion in the Lord, make known to you:

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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 →

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