Salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how can y’all make it salty again? Y’all should have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.”
“Y’all are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is good for nothing, except to be thrown out and trampled on by humans.
Finally, siblings, rejoice y’all! May y’all be perfected, be comforted, be of one mind, and live at peace, and the God of love and peace will be with y’all.
Only y’all should conduct yourselves* in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come to see y’all or remain absent, I will hear that y’all are standing firm in one spirit and one mind, striving for the faith of the gospel;
Let no unwholesome words come out of y’all’s mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, y’all must clothe yourselves* with compassionate affection, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;