Colossians 3:8
But now all of you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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7In the which all of you also walked some time, when all of you lived in them.
9Lie not one to another, seeing that all of you have put off the old man with his deeds;
Cross References
Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil.
Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.
Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as all of you would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, worldy jealousies, wrath, strife, 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 →