Colossians 3:8
But now do you also put away all these―anger, wrath, malice, reviling, obscene language from your mouth.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7in which things you also formerly walked when you lived in them.
9Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds,
Cross References
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. And whoever shall say to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrin. But who ever shall say, Impious wretch, shall be in danger of hell-fire.
Romans 13:13Let us walk in a becoming manner, as in the day; not in riotings and in drunkenness, not in lewdness and in wantonness, not in contention and in envy:
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest when I come I shall find you not, such as I wish, and I shall be found by you not such as you wish: lest there shall be contentions, envies, excitements, strife, evil speaking, whisperings, party spirit, disorderly conduct:
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strifes, jealousies, anger, party-spirit, divisions, sects,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:6-8
Necessity of Mortifying Sin. ( a. d. 62.) 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. The apostle exhorts the Colossians to the mortification of sin, the great hindrance to seeking the things which are above. Since it is our duty to set our affections… Read the whole commentary →