But nowyou also,putthem allaside:anger,wrath,malice,slander,[and] abusive speechfrom your mouth.
Ceasefrom angerand forsakewrath;Do not fret;[it leads] onlyto evildoing.
The beginningof strifeis [like] lettingout water,So abandonthe quarrelbeforeit breaksout.
[A man of] greatangerwill bearthe penalty,For ifyou rescue[him], you will only have to doit again.
An angrymanstirsup strife,And a hot-temperedmanaboundsin transgression.
"But I sayto you that everyonewho is angrywith his brothershall be guiltybefore the court;and whoeversaysto his brother,You good-for-nothing,'shall be guiltybefore the supreme court;and whoeversays,'You fool,'shall be guilty[enough to go] into the fieryhell.
deeds of coveting[and] wickedness,[as well] [as] deceit,sensuality,envy,slander,pride[and] foolishness.
Let us behaveproperlyas in the day,not in carousingand drunkenness,not in sexual promiscuityand sensuality,not in strifeand jealousy.
for you are stillfleshly.For sincethere is jealousyand strifeamongyou, are you not fleshly,and are you not walkinglikemere men?
For I am afraidthat perhapswhen I comeI may findyou to be not whatI wishand may be foundby you to be not whatyou wish;that perhaps[there will be] strife,jealousy,angry tempers,disputes,slanders,gossip,arrogance,disturbances;
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
idolatry,sorcery,enmities,strife,jealousy,outbursts of anger,disputes,dissensions,factions,
Let us not becomeboastful,challengingoneanother,envyingone another.
that, in referenceto your formermanner of life,you lay asidethe oldself,which is being corruptedin accordancewith the lustsof deceit,
Therefore,laying asidefalsehood,SPEAKTRUTHEACH ONE[of you] WITH HIS NEIGHBOR,for we are membersof one another.
BE ANGRY,AND [yet] DO NOT SIN;do not let the sungo downon your anger,
Let nounwholesomewordproceedfrom your mouth,but onlysuch[a word] as is goodfor edificationaccording to the need[of the moment], sothat it will givegraceto thosewho hear.
and [there must be no] filthinessand silly talk,orcoarse jesting,whichare not fitting,but rathergiving of thanks.
Thereforeconsiderthe membersof your earthlybody as deadto immorality,impurity,passion,evildesire,and greed,whichamountsto idolatry.
Do not lieto one another,since you laid asidethe oldselfwith its [evil] practices,
even though I was formerlya blasphemerand a persecutorand a violent aggressor.YetI was shown mercybecauseI actedignorantlyin unbelief;
Among theseare Hymenaeusand Alexander,whomI have handed overto Satan,sothat they will be taughtnot to blaspheme.
Therefore,since we haveso greata cloudof witnessessurroundingus, let us alsolay asideeveryencumbranceand the sinwhich so easily entanglesus, and let us runwith endurancethe racethat is set beforeus,
Do they not blasphemethe fairnameby which you have been called?
Therefore,putting asideallmaliceand alldeceitand hypocrisyand envyand allslander,
For speakingout arrogant[words] of vanitythey enticeby fleshlydesires,by sensuality,thosewho barelyescapefrom the ones who livein error,
and [if] He rescuedrighteousLot,oppressedby the sensualconductof unprincipled men
wildwavesof the sea,castingup their ownshamelike foam;wanderingstars,for whomthe blackdarknesshas been reservedforever.
Yetin the same waythese men,alsoby dreaming,defilethe flesh,and rejectauthority,and revileangelic majesties.
Menwere scorchedwith fierceheat;and they blasphemedthe nameof Godwho hasthe powerovertheseplagues,and they did not repentso as to giveHim glory.
