Colossians 3:8
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.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- KJV
- But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- WEB
- but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
- ASV
- but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
- DARBY
- But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
- BLB
- But now you⁺ also put off all [these] things: wrath, rage, malice, slander, shameful talk out of your⁺ mouth.
- ÅB
- men nå skal også dere avlegge dem alle: vrede, hissighet, ondskap, spott, skammelig snakk av deres munn;
- OTB
- Men nå må dere også kvitte dere med alt slikt: sinne, vrede, ondskap, baktalelse og obskønt språk fra deres lepper.
- B1930
- men nu skal også I avlegge dem alle: vrede, hissighet, ondskap, spott, skammelig snakk av eders munn;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Read in contextEphesians 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Read in contextJames 1:20–21
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Read in contextEphesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Read in contextColossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–32
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Read in contextEphesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Read in contextHebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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