Colossians 3 · Verse 8

Colossians 3:8

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:8, King James Version

Colossians 3:8 in other translations

BSBBut now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
WEBbut now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
ASVbut now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
YLTbut now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.
DARBYBut now, put off, ye also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
BBEBut now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
WebsterBut now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

What does Colossians 3:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. But now--that ye are no longer living in them. ye also--like other believers; answering to "ye also" (Col 3:7) like other unbelievers formerly. put off--"Do ye also put away all these," namely, those just enumerated, and those which follow [Alford]. anger, wrath--(See on Ep 4:31). blasphemy--rather, "reviling," "evil-speaking," as it is translated in Ep 4:31. filthy communication--The context favors the translation, "abusive language," rather than impure conversation. "Foul language" best retains the ambiguity of the original.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 8. But now ye also put off all these. All these which follow, as being also inconsistent with the Christian calling.

Anger, wrath. Eph 4:26.

Malice. Eph 4:31.

Blasphemy. Mt 9:3. The word here seems to mean all injurious and calumnious speaking--whether against God or man.

Filthy communication out of your mouth. Lewd, indecent, and immodest discourse. Eph 4:29. The conversation of the heathen everywhere abounds with this. A pure method of conversation among men is the fruit of Christianity.

(++) "blasphemy" "evil speaking"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 But now ye also put on all these - See on Eph 4:22 (note). Being now converted, sin had no more dominion over them. Anger, wrath, etc - They had not only lived in the evils mentioned Col 3:5, but also in those enumerated here; and they had not only laid aside the former, but they had laid aside the latter also. They retained no bosom, no easily besetting, sin. They were risen with Christ, and they sought the things which were above. Blasphemy - The word seems here to mean injurious and calumnious speaking.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Colossians 3:5-11

It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual opposition must be made to all corrupt workings, and no provision made for carnal indulgences. Occasions of sin must be avoided: the lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world; and covetousness, which is idolatry; love of…

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Colossians 3:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΝυνὶNuniNowG3570
δὲdehoweverG1161
ἀπόθεσθεapothesthedo put offG659
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
τὰta<the>G3588
πάντα,pantaall [these] things:G3956
ὀργήν,orgēnanger,G3709
θυμόν,thumonrage,G2372
κακίαν,kakianmalice,G2549
βλασφημίαν,blasphēmianslander,G988
αἰσχρολογίανaischrologianfoul languageG148
ἐκekout ofG1537
τοῦtoutheG3588
στόματοςstomatosmouthG4750
ὑμῶν.¶humōnof you.G4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Colossians 3:8

  • 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.

  • Ephesians 4:22

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  • James 1:20-21

    For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  • Ephesians 5:4

    Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

  • Colossians 3:5

    Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  • Ephesians 4:31-32

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  • Ephesians 4:26

    Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

  • Hebrews 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,

  • Proverbs 29:22

    An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Colossians 3:9

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  • 1 Peter 2:1

    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For 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:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
put.
5,9; Eph 4:22; Heb 12:1; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 2:1
anger.
Ps 37:8; Pr 17:14; 19:19; 29:22; Mt 5:22; Ro 13:13; 1Co 3:3
2Co 12:20; Ga 5:15,20,26; Eph 4:26,31,32; 2Ti 2:23,24; Jas 1:20
Jas 3:14-16
blasphemy.
Le 24:11-16; Mr 7:22; 1Ti 1:13,20; Jas 2:7; Jude 1:8; Re 16:9
filthy.
Eph 4:29; 5:4; Jas 3:4-6; 2Pe 2:7,18; Jude 1:8,13

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Context

  • Colossians 3:7

    In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

  • Colossians 3:8

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

  • Colossians 3:9

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

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Colossians 3:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas ahora, dejad también vosotros todas estas cosas: ira, enojo, malicia, maledicencia, torpes palabras de vuestra boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais maintenant, renoncez, vous aussi, à toutes ces choses: colère, courroux, malice, injures, paroles honteuses venant de votre bouche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jetzt aber leget auch ihr das alles ab: Zorn, Wut, Bosheit, Lästerung, schändliches Reden aus eurem Munde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc autem deponite et vos omnia: iram, indignationem, malitiam, blasphemiam, turpem sermonem de ore vestro.