Colossians 4:6

And let your speech at all times be with grace; as it were, seasoned with salt: and know ye, how ye ought to give answer to every man.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

5Walk in wisdom towards them without: and redeem your opportunity.

7And what is occurrent with me, will Tychicus make known to you; who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister, and our fellow-servant in the Lord:

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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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