Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom,.... Or wisely, circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men; See Gill on Eph 5:15.

Towards them that are without; so the Jews used to call the Gentiles, all that were out of their…

Walk in wisdom - That is, conduct uprightly and honestly. Deal with them on the strictest principles of integrity, so that they may not have occasion to reproach the religion which you profess. Toward…

Walk in wisdom - Act wisely and prudently in reference to them who are without - who yet continue unbelieving Gentiles or persecuting Jews.

The Church of Christ was considered an enclosure; a field,…

The apostle exhorts them further to a prudent and decent conduct towards all those with whom they conversed, towards the heathen world, or those out of the Christian church among whom they lived (Col…

Walk See above, on Col 1:10.

in wisdom In the "sanctified good sense" of those who would avoid all needless repulsion of word or manner, and seize all good occasion. Such practical wisdom was quite…