Speaking to God and Others

Devote yourselves(A) to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door(B) to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah,(C) for which I am in prison,(D) so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak. Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.(E) Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt,(F) so that you may know how you should answer each person.(G)

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Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

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

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