6Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.


In Context

3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.

6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

7 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.

8 I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.

Colossians 4:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, so as to know how ye ought to answer each one.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:6your word always in grace — with salt being seasoned — to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:6Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man.