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Colossians 3:8
8But now, put off, ye also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language 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
6On account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7In which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things. But now, put off, ye also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth. 9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, 10and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has 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, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
- Ephesians 4:22[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
- Hebrews 12:1Let us also therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and sin which so easily entangles us, run with endurance the race that lies before us,
- James 1:21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
- Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it [would be] only to do evil.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
- Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to [be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
- Romans 13:13As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal. For whereas [there are] among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest [there might be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
- Galatians 5:15but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another.
- Ephesians 4:26Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
- 2 Timothy 2:23But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
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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- 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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