| New Revised Standard (NRS) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. | 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. |
| New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |