Colossians 3:8

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

6Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming. 7You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. 9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. 10Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

Colossians 3:8 word by word

Νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• nowνυνίnuni · nowG3570
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• put offἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• all theseπᾶςpas · allG3956
• angerὀργήorgē · wrathG3709
• wrathθυμόςthumos · wrathG2372
• maliceκακίαkakia · evilG2549
• blasphemyβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988
• filthy communicationαἰσχρολογίαaischrologia · obscenityG148
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• mouthστόμαstoma · mouthG4750

Cross-references for Colossians 3:8

• Colossians 3:5So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
• Ephesians 4:22throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
• James 1:21So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
• 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
• Psalms 37:8Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm.
• Proverbs 17:14Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out.
• Proverbs 19:19Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.
• Proverbs 29:22An angry person starts fights; a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin.
• Matthew 5:22But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.
• Romans 13:13Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.
• 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still controlled by your sinful nature. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn’t that prove you are controlled by your sinful nature? Aren’t you living like people of the world?
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.
• Galatians 5:15But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
• Ephesians 4:26And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,
• 2 Timothy 2:23Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights.

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

Topics related to Colossians 3:8

• Anger
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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