Colossians 3:8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

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New International Version
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

English Standard Version
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

New American Standard Bible
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But now you must also put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.

International Standard Version
But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech, and all such sins.

American Standard Version
but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.

Darby Bible Translation
But now, put off, ye also, all these things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
but now put off, even ye, the whole -- anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking -- out of your mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.

Ephesians 4:22
That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Ephesians 4:25
Why putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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 to the hearers.

Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Ephesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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 present good, and of outward enjoyments. It is necessary to mortify sins, because if we do not kill them, they will kill us. The gospel changes the higher as well as the lower powers of the soul, and supports the rule of right reason and conscience, over appetite and passion. There is now no difference from country, or conditions and circumstances of life. It is the duty of every one to be holy, because Christ is a Christian's All, his only Lord and Saviour, and all his hope and happiness.

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 [2424]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.