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 et le faire connaître comme je dois en parler.

5 Conduisez-vous avec sagesse envers ceux du dehors, et rachetez le temps.

6 Que votre parole soit toujours accompagnée de grâce, assaisonnée de sel, afin que vous sachiez comment il faut répondre à chacun.

7 Tychique, le bien-aimé frère et le fidèle ministre, mon compagnon de service dans le Seigneur, vous communiquera tout ce qui me concerne.

8 Je l’envoie exprès vers vous, pour que vous connaissiez notre situation, et pour qu’il console vos cœurs.

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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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