Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thine heart:
2 Kings 2:20And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment.
Psalms 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
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 →