Colossians 3:8 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Colossians 3:10 and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "In which ye also once walked when..." into verse 9's "Do not lie to one another having...", so "things" 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 "things" and "wrath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.