Salt

The inward preservative principle (see Matt. 5:1313Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Matthew 5:13)). Hence our speech is to be “alway with grace, seasoned with salt” (Col. 4:66Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6)). Not observe “of salt, seasoned with grace,” that is to say, the salt is to be hidden, not prominent. We are told to have salt in ourselves (Mark 9:5050Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. (Mark 9:50)); this principle of truth and purity that preserves from corruption is not for purposes of strife but peace.