Colossians 3:6
These are the things because of which the wrath of God comes,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In Context
7and to which you, like others, once devoted your lives, when you lived for them.
Cross References
Romans 1:18So, too, there is a revelation from heaven of the divine wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those people who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the truth.
Ephesians 5:6Do not let anyone deceive you with specious arguments. Those are the sins that bring down the wrath of God on the disobedient.
2 Peter 2:14They have eyes only for adulteresses, eyes never tired of sin; they entice weak souls; their minds are trained to covet; they live under a curse.
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 →