Col 4:5-6 | TNotes | STEP | 4:5 make the most of every opportunity (literally buy up the time ): Like people who are buying up a product offered at a good price, Christians are to “buy up” every opportunity God gives them to share the Good News and to serve others.

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‏ Colossians 4:5-6

4:5 ^a make the most of every opportunity (literally buy up the time): Like people who are buying up a product offered at a good price, Christians are to “buy up” every opportunity God gives them to share the Good News and to serve others.
4:6 ^b attractive (literally seasoned with salt): Salt is both a seasoning and a preservative (see Matt 5:13 ^c). 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.