their daily conversations. Our discussions and even our small talk with “outsiders” ought to be carefully crafted to draw people to ourselves—and through us to the God who has saved us and wants to save them too. The purpose of this gracious, even witty, speech is to enable us to “know how to answer everyone.” Paul’s point here is similar to Peter’s in his first letter: “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Pet 3:15). Although