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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:8 |
King James |
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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 Eph 4:31).
blasphemy--rather, "reviling," "evil-speaking," as it is translated in Eph 4:31.
filthy communication--The context favors the translation, "abusive language," rather than impure conversation. "Foul language" best retains the ambiguity of the original. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
But now ye also put off all these - All these which follow, as being also inconsistent with the Christian calling.
Anger, wrath - Notes, Eph 4:26.
Malice - Notes, Eph 4:31.
Blasphemy - Notes, Mat 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; Notes, Eph 4:29. The conversation of the pagan everywhere abounds with this. A pure method of conversation among men is the fruit of Christianity. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Put off (ἀπόθεσθε)
Compare Rom 13:12; Eph 4:22, Eph 4:25; Heb 12:1; Jam 1:21; Pe1 2:1.
Anger, wrath (ὀργὴν, θυμὸν)
See on Joh 3:36.
Malice (κακίαν)
See on naughtiness, Jam 1:21.
Blasphemy (βλασφημίαν)
See on Mar 7:22. Compare Rom 3:8; Rom 14:16; Co1 4:13; Eph 4:31. Rev. railing.
Filthy communication (αἰσχρολογίαν)
Only here in the New Testament. Not merely filthy talking, as A.V., but foul-mouthed abuse. Rev., shameful speaking.
Out of your mouth
Construe with the preceding word. As Col 2:20-22 suggests Christ's words in Matthew 15:1-20, this phrase suggests Mat 15:11, Mat 15:18. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Wrath - Is lasting anger. Filthy discourse - And was there need to warn even these saints of God against so gross and palpable a sin as this? O what is man, till perfect love casts out both fear and sin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
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.
3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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,
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;