Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

You must keep on having salt within you, and keep on living in peace with one another."

New American Standard Bible

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

King James Version

Salt 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.

Holman Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.”

International Standard Version

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

A Conservative Version

The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes saltless, by what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace among each other.

American Standard Version

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Amplified

Salt is good and useful; but if salt has lost its saltiness (purpose), how will you make it salty? Have salt within yourselves continually, and be at peace with one another.”

An Understandable Version

"Salt is good, but if it loses its salty flavor, what will you use to restore it? [i.e., it is difficult to restore the "salt" of sacrificial commitment to God once it is lost]. You should have salt in yourselves [i.e., develop the qualities of preserving, purifying commitment to God], and live peacefully with one another [i.e., instead of in rivalry. See 9:33-34].

Anderson New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt shall have become saltless, by what means will you season it? Have salt in your selves, and be at peace with one another.

Bible in Basic English

Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

Common New Testament

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Daniel Mace New Testament

salt is good, but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? don't lose your seasoning, nor your peaceable behaviour to one another.

Darby Translation

Salt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Godbey New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt may become savorless, with what will you salt it? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with one another.

Goodspeed New Testament

Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, what will you use to season it? You must have salt within you, and live in peace with one another."

John Wesley New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Julia Smith Translation

Salt good: but if the salt be saltless, with what will ye prepare it? Have salt in yourselves, and live in peace one with another.

King James 2000

Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes deprived of its salt content, by what can you make it salty? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Modern King James verseion

Salt is good; but if the salt becomes saltless, with what will you season? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Salt is good. But if the salt be unsavoury: what shall ye salt therewith? See that ye have salt in yourselves. And have peace among yourselves, one with another."

Moffatt New Testament

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

Montgomery New Testament

salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

NET Bible

Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."

New Heart English Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Noyes New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Sawyer New Testament

Salt is good; but if the salt has become insipid, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

The Emphasized Bible

Salt is, good: but, if, salt, become, saltless, wherewith will ye, prepare, it? Have, within yourselves, salt, and be at peace, one with another.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Salt is good: but if the salt become insipid, with what will you season it? have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with each other.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another."

Webster

Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its saltness, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Weymouth New Testament

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

World English Bible

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

Worrell New Testament

Salt is good; but, if the salt becomes saltless, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another."

Worsley New Testament

Salt is useful, but if the salt become insipid, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt therefore in yourselves, and as a proof of it be at peace one with another.

Youngs Literal Translation

The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

is good
καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

if
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

the salt
ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

ἄναλος 
Analos 
Usage: 0

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

will ye season
ἀρτύω 
Artuo 
Usage: 1

it

Usage: 0

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

ἅλας 
Halas 
Usage: 1

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

εἰρηνεύω 
Eireneuo 
Usage: 3

one
ἀλλήλων 
Allelon 
Usage: 85

with
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

References

Context Readings

Temptations To Sin

49 Everyone must be seasoned with fire. Salt is a good thing, but if salt loses its strength, how can you season it again? 50  You must keep on having salt within you, and keep on living in peace with one another."


Cross References

Romans 12:18

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with everybody.

Matthew 5:13

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers, goodbye! Practice the perfecting of your characters, keep listening to my appeals, continue thinking in harmony and living in peace, and the loving, peace-giving God will be with you.

Colossians 4:6

Always let your conversation be seasoned with salt, that is, with winsomeness, so that you may know how to make a fitting answer to everyone.

Luke 14:34-35

Salt is good, but if salt itself loses its strength, how can that strength be restored?

Ephesians 4:29

You must stop letting any bad word pass your lips, but only words that are good for building up as the occasion demands, so that they will result in spiritual blessing to the hearers.

1 Thessalonians 5:13

continue to hold them in the highest esteem for the sake of the work they do. Practice living at peace with one another.

Hebrews 12:14

Continue to live in peace with everybody and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

Mark 9:34

But they had nothing to say, for they had discussed with one another which of them was to be the greatest.

John 13:34-35

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

John 15:17-18

"What I command you to do is, to keep on loving one another.

Romans 14:17-19

For the kingdom of God does not consist in what we eat and drink, but in doing right, in peace and joy through the Holy Spirit;

Galatians 5:14-15

For the whole law is summed up in one saying, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

Galatians 5:22

But the product of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 4:2-6

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,

Ephesians 4:31-32

You must remove all bitterness, rage, anger, loud threats, and insults, with all malice.

Philippians 1:27

Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.

Philippians 2:1-3

So, if there is any appeal in our union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if we have any common share in the Spirit, if you have any tenderheartedness and sympathy,

Colossians 3:12

So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on

2 Timothy 2:22

You must keep on fleeing from the evil impulses of youth, but ever strive for uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in association with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

James 1:20

for a man's anger does not produce the uprightness that God requires.

James 3:14-18

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, you must all live in harmony, be sympathetic, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,

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