Colossians 3:6
the wrath of God has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In Context
7You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:4Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,
Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven over every impiety and injustice among those men who fend off the truth of God with injustice.
Ephesians 5:6Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.
2 Peter 2:14having eyes full of adultery and of incessant offenses, luring unstable souls, having a heart well-trained in avarice, sons of curses!
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 →