American Standard Version
Colossians 3:8
8but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
Colossians 3:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
Context of Colossians 3:8
6for which things’ sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: 7wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: 9lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, 10and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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Νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Colossians 3:8
- Colossians 3:5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
- Ephesians 4:22that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- James 1:21Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:1Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife isas when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.
- Matthew 5:22but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
- Romans 13:13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
- Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
- Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- 2 Timothy 2:23But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
Commentaries on Colossians 3:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But now ye also put on all these - See on Ephesians 4:22; (note). Being now converted, sin had no more dominion over them. Anger, wrath, etc - They had not only lived in the evils mentioned Colossians 3:5, but also in those enumerated here; and they had not only laid aside the former, but they had laid aside the latter also. They retained no bosom, no easily besetting, sin. They were risen with Christ, and they sought the things which were above…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But now ye also put off all these - All these which follow, as being also inconsistent with the Christian calling. Anger, wrath - Notes, Ephesians 4:26. Malice - Notes, Ephesians 4:31. Blasphemy - Notes, Matthew 9:3. The word here seems to mean all injurious and calumnious speaking - whether against God or man. Filthy communication out of your mouth - Lewd, indecent, and immodest discourse; Notes, Ephesians 4:29. The conversation of the pagan everywhere…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual opposition must be made to all corrupt workings, and no provision made for carnal indulgences. Occasions of sin must be avoided: the lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world; and covetousness, which is idolatry; love of present good, and of outward…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8put aside (literally take off): Taking off clothes is a metaphor for removing habits that interfere with our relationship with the Lord (see Romans 13:12; Ephesians 4:22, 25; Hebrews 12:1; James 1:21; 1 Peter 2:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. But now--that ye are no longer living in them. ye also--like other believers; answering to "ye also" (Col 3:7) like other unbelievers formerly. put off--"Do ye also put away all these," namely, those just enumerated, and those which follow [Alford]. anger, wrath--(See on Ep 4:31). blasphemy--rather, "reviling," "evil-speaking," as it is translated in Ep 4:31. filthy communication--The context favors the translation, "abusive language," rather than…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Colossians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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