Colossians 3:6
It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
In Context
7and you also were once addicted to them, while you were living under their power.
Cross References
Romans 1:18For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.
2 Peter 2:14Their very eyes are full of adultery--being eyes which never cease from sin. These men set traps to catch unstedfast souls, their own hearts being well trained in greed. They are fore-doomed to God's 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 →