Colossians 3:8 (YLT)

Passage

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:6 because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

Colossians 3:7 in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

Colossians 3:8 but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

Colossians 3:10 and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "whole--anger", "wrath", "malice", "evil-speaking", "filthy", "talking--out", and "mouth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "whole--anger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "in which also ye--ye did walk once..." into verse 9's "Lie not one to another having put...", so "even" and "whole--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 "even" and "whole--anger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.