KJV King James Version
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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Colossians 3:8
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
WEB World English Bible
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
ASV American Standard Version
but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but now put off, even ye, the whole—anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking—out of your mouth.
Surrounding context — Colossians 3
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.
8 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:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΝυνὶG3570 · nuninowδὲG1161 · dethenἀπόθεσθεG659 · apotithēmito put asideκαὶG2532 · kaiandὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoπάντα,G3956 · pasallὀργήν,G3709 · orgēwrathθυμόν,G2372 · thumoswrathκακίαν,G2549 · kakiaevilβλασφημίαν,G988 · blasphēmiablasphemyαἰσχρολογίανG148 · aischrologiaobscenityἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoστόματοςG4750 · stomamouthὑμῶν.¶G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Ephesians 4:29Let 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.Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;James 1:20-21For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.Ephesians 5:4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.Colossians 3:5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:Hebrews 12:1Wherefore 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,Ephesians 4:31-32Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:Matthew 5:22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.James 3:4-6Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.James 3:14-16But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.Psalm 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.Galatians 5:15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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