Colossians 3:8
But now put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy speech from your mouth.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7And in them you also walked at one time, when you lived in them.
9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
Cross References
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
Romans 13:13Let us conduct ourselves properly, as in the day; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in debauchery and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear that when I come, I shall not find you as I wish, and you shall not find me to be as you wish; lest perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, rivalries, slander, gossip, conceit, disorder:
Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, fits of rage, selfishness, dissensions, factions,
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 →