Colossians 4:6

Colossians chapter 4 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

v.5Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

v.6This passage

v.7All my affairs shall Tychicus make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord:

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Leviticus 2:13
And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt.
2 Kings 2:20
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.
Matthew 12:34
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.