Colossians 3:8
But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wherein ye also walked once, when ye liued in them.
9Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,
Cross References
Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.
Proverbs 19:19A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.
Matthew 5:22But I say vnto you, whosoeuer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly, shalbe culpable of iudgment. And whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the Councill. And whosoeuer shall say, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.
Romans 13:13So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.
Galatians 5:20Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies,
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 →