You can’t give up your cards. I. By speech with grace the apostle does not mean what is so often miscalled religious conversation. Renewal 1960. Note here, 1. Lightfoot gives some interesting citations from Plutarch, in which, as here, grace and salt are combined. 1. (C. 1897-1910. § 8. 6, § 41. Speech seasoned with salt, i.e., not insipid, as talk is that is only negatively good. Colossians is one of his 4 Captivity Epistles, along with Ephesians, Philippians, and Philemon. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author, except as provided by U.S.A. copyright laws. “Seasoned with salt.” Let it be tasteful and savoury. Certainly it is useful, and even safe only, when very strictly guarded. "Commentary on Colossians 4:6". (Colossians 4:6.) Be alway with grace - Imbued with the spirit of religion. ), “What awakened you?” said a Christian minister on one occasion to a young friend. 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, "Commentary on Colossians 4:6". in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. I shall speak now, of course, of them all only in reference to a Christian’s use of them. 1801-1803. Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. Hence our speech is to be free from: (1) Being absorbed in ourselves. All rights reserved. “With grace”: To speak what is spiritual, wholesome, fitting, kind, sensitive, purposeful, complimentary, gentle, truthful, loving, and thoughtful (see notes on Eph. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. “That ye may know.”. Amen. He sends greetings from Aristarchus, a "fellow prisoner" (4:10), who was a Thessalonian from Macedonia and accompanied Paul on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27:2), as well as Mark, cousin of Barnabas, suggesting that this imprisonment may have been in Rome. how ye ought to answer every man — (1 Peter 3:15). The term Attic salt has been used to express some of the principal beauties of the Greek tongue; of such beauties the Gospel of Christ has an endless store. Words are the pictures of thought, and “out of the abundance of the heart the month speaketh.” When grace is in the heart means will be employed to forward the work of grace in others (Psalms 66:16). But here lies the mark of a Christian’s conversation upon all subjects. The Greek expositors commit a blunder, we think, in giving the phrase “every one” too extensive a meaning, and including in it the members of the church. 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints. We need to be ready to give answer for our faith at any moment, at any place to any that might ask. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24 knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. If it be not imbued with the spirit of piety, it is flat, insipid, unprofitable, injurious. 1. Very few good things come without an effort. Faith, hope, and love, are the three principal graces in the Christian life, and proper matter for prayer and thanksgiving. The infinitive used as an ablative case. And much more attend to the spirit of the word. (a) There is the salt of doctrine, whereby those who have it become the salt of the earth. Seasoned with salt—Not pointless and profitless, but penetrative and purifying, through the presence of the Spirit, whose action salt symbolizes. His sacrifice was the only sacrifice that could satisfy God. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, Speech most effectively expresses what is inside the believer. On account of their consequences. Present the Truth in the best way (see 1 Corinthians 9:19-23). that has come to you. 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 1. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wbc/colossians-4.html. g.]— εἰδέναι) [by your knowing how]. (e) Against this is set filthy communication, as in (Ephesians 4:29). (e) Put the Bible all along in its proper place. Hendriksen comments, "Speech flavored with salt is, accordingly, not empty or insipid, but thought-provoking and worth-while. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/cgt/colossians-4.html. For the better ordering of speech--. II. What a neat thing to do. (A. Monod, D. D.), I shall never forget the way a thirsty individual once begged of me on Clapham Common. The people wondered of old at the gracious words which came our of Christ's mouth; and we may justly wonder at the graceless words which come out of the mouths of many that are called Christians. Seasoned with salt - i:e., the savour of fresh spiritual wisdom and earnestness, excluding all "corrupt communication," also tasteless insipidity (Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:50; Ephesians 4:29). Still less does the meaning of wit belong to this place. Worldly love arises, either from views of interest or from likeness in manners; carnal love, from the appetite for pleasure. 12 buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. II. w The objectives for each section are usually things I plan to emphasize during the class. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. But it was not wisdom in any special sense. Let all your conversation be such as may tend to exemplify and recommend Christianity; let it not only be holy, but wise, gracious, and intelligent. Copyright StatementThese files are considered public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available in the Online Bible Software Library. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. Preaching to a congregation has its own place and value; but private and personal talk, honestly and wisely done, will effect more than the most eloquent preaching. For he reckons as tasteless everything that does not edify. Christians who don"t do their research or get their facts right, will get whipped in a debate! If he asks you of things of which you are ignorant; if he introduces some topic of science with which you are not acquainted, you will not be ashamed to confess your ignorance, and to seek instruction. With the salt of wisdom and prudence; this will teach us the time when, the manner how, and the measure how much to speak; those words must needs be unsavoury, that have neither truth nor prudence in them.
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