Colossians 3:8
But now put away all these also, wrath, animosity, malice, calumny, and filthy discourse out of your mouth.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
7In which ye also formerly walked, when ye lived among them.
9Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;
Cross References
Matthew 5:22but I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without cause shall be liable to the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be obnoxious to the council; but whosoever shall say, "Thou fool," shall be in danger of hell-fire.
Romans 13:13Let us behave decently as being in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lasciviousness, not in strife and envying.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid least when I come, I should not find you such as I could wish, and I should be found to you such as ye would not: least there should be contentions, emulations, animosities, strifes, thwartings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: and least,
Galatians 5:20lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strifes, emulations, animosities, contentions, divisions,
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 →