20 Cf. Matt. 5:13; Mark 9:49-50; Luke 14:34-35.
19Cf. J. B. Phillips: “Speak pleasantly to them, but never sentimentally” (The New Testament in Modern English [London, 21972], p. 424).
20Cf. Matt. 5:13; Mark 9:49-50; Luke 14:34-35.
21 Since salt prevents corruption, its presence would be a check on the “corrupt language” (λόγος σαπϱός) forbidden in Eph. 4:29—where the ministration of grace (ϰάϱɩς) to the hearers is also enjoined.
22Cf. Latin sales Attici, meaning “Attic wit” (e.g., in Cicero, Fam. 9.15.2).
23Acts of Justin 5.
24J. B. Lightfoot, ad loc., on ἐνὶ ἐϰάστω.
25Cf. η. 18 above.