Colossians 3:8 (DRB)

Passage

But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:6 For which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of unbelief.

Colossians 3:7 In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.

Colossians 3:8 But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,

Colossians 3:10 And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "In which you also walked some time..." into verse 9's "Lie not one to another stripping yourselves...", so "away" and "anger" 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 "away" and "anger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.