Colossians 3:7 (DBY)

Passage

In which *ye* also once walked when ye lived in these things.

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore your members which [are] upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3:6 On account of which things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 3:7 In which *ye* also once walked when ye lived in these things.

Colossians 3:8 But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "once", "walked", "lived", and "things". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "once" and "walked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "On account of which things the wrath..." into verse 8's "But now put off ye also all...", so "once" and "walked" 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 "once" and "walked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.