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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Colossians 4:6

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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4:6 attractive (literally seasoned with salt): Salt is both a seasoning and a preservative (see Matt 5:13). Paul might be encouraging Christians to speak to unbelievers in words that are well chosen and winsome. The rabbis occasionally referred to wisdom as salt, so Paul might also be exhorting Christians to speak wisely.
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