Colossians 3:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ But now you must get rid of all such things: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Common English Bible

⁸ But now set aside these things, such as anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene language.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.

Colossians 3:8 Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 4:22

to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,

Ephesians 5:4

Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Proverbs 29:22

One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For as long as there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not fleshly and behaving according to human inclinations?

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Psalm 37:8

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Galatians 5:15

If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and slander the glorious ones.

2 Peter 2:18

For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

James 2:7

Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?

1 Timothy 1:20

among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have turned over to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions,

Mark 7:22

adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.

Revelation 16:9

they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.

Proverbs 19:19

A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the debauchery of the lawless

Ephesians 4:25

So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.