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

Filthy

Jude 1:8

General references

Isaiah 11:6

Ezekiel 11:18

Bible References

Anger

Let go of anger, and leave rage behind. Do not be agitated with anger and jealousy. It only leads to evil.

Starting a quarrel is like releasing water [from a floodgate]. Therefore stop contention before it begins.

A man of great anger will suffer punishment. Rescue him once and then do it again.

An angry man stirs up dissension. A furious man abounds in sin.

Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).

Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not in strife and jealousy.

You are still fleshly! There is envy, strife, and divisions among you. Do you not walk as ordinary men?

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.

Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).

But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing they produce quarrels (controversy) (fighting).

The anger of man does not promote the righteousness of God.

If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.

Blasphemy

The Israelite woman's son began cursing Jehovah's name and treating it with contempt. So they brought him to Moses.

coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Do they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

In like manner these men also in their dreams defile the flesh, reject authority and speak evil of glorious ones.

Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Filthy

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth. Speak what is good for understanding as the need may be, that it may give grace (divine favor) to those who hear.

Nor should there be filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting but rather giving of thanks.

Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills.

He delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked.

In like manner these men also in their dreams defile the flesh, reject authority and speak evil of glorious ones.

General references

The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the well-fed animal together. A little boy will lead them.

When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.