Colossians 4:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
Colossians 4:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Colossians 4:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Colossians 4:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
Colossians 4:6 — World English Bible
Colossians 4:6 ASV — 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.”
Colossians 4:6 — American Standard Version
Colossians 4:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.”
Colossians 4:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Colossians 4:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“[Let] your word [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, [so as] to know how ye ought to answer each one.”
Colossians 4:6 — Darby Translation
Colossians 4:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Let your speach be gracious alwayes, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answere euery man.”
Colossians 4:6 — Geneva Bible
Colossians 4:6 in Context — Colossians 4
4 Para que lo manifieste como me conviene hablar.
5 Andad en sabiduría para con los extraños, redimiendo el tiempo.
6 Sea vuestra palabra siempre con gracia, sazonada con sal; para que sepáis cómo os conviene responder á cada uno.
7 Todos mis negocios os hará saber Tichîco, hermano amado y fiel ministro y consiervo en el Señor:
8 El cual os he enviado á esto mismo, para que entienda vuestros negocios, y consuele vuestros corazones;
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What Does Colossians 4:6 Mean?
Colossians 4:6 is a verse from the Book of Colossians, part of the New Testament. It appears in Colossians chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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