Colossians 3:8 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

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;

Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "anger", "wrath", "malice", "blasphemy", "filthy", "communication", and "mouth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "anger" and "wrath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "In the which ye also walked some..." into verse 9's "Lie not one to another seeing that...", so "anger" and "wrath" belong inside that flow. In Colossians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "anger" and "wrath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.