Colossians 3:8

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Summary

Colossians 3:8

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Anger

Blasphemy

Revelation 16:9

Filthy

Jude 1:8

Bible References

Anger

I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit.

Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

For I am afraid that perhaps, when I come, I may find that you are not what I want you to be, and, on the other hand, that you may find that I am what you do not want me to be. I am afraid that I may find quarreling, jealousy, ill-feeling, rivalry, slandering, back-biting, self-assertion, and disorder.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

'Be angry, yet do not sin.' Do not let the sun go down upon your anger;

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;

For the anger of man does not forward the righteous purpose of God.

But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth.

Blasphemy

Greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;

though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;

Is not it they who malign that honorable Name which has been bestowed upon you?

Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.

and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the Name of God who controlled these Curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise.

Filthy

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

Nor shameful conduct, nor foolish talk or jesting, for they are wholly out of place among you; but rather thanksgiving.

Again, think of ships. Large as they are, and even when driven by fierce winds, they are controlled by a very small rudder and steered in whatever direction the man at the helm may determine.

but he rescued righteous Lot, whose heart was vexed by the wanton licentiousness of his neighbors;

Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.