Colossians 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:5-11

Death to evil. The central thought around which the strange and striking ideas of these sentences gather is "Death to evil." St. Paul exhorts us to put evil to death, to make a corpse of it. Here we have truly "Mors janua vitae." We inquire— I. IN WHAT THIS DEATH CONSISTS . "Put to death your members which are upon the earth." The meaning seems to be the same as Christ's command, "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out," etc. Neither Christ's nor Paul's injunction can mean... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8

But now do ye put away indeed all these (things) ( Colossians 3:9 ; Colossians 2:11 ; Ephesians 4:22 , Ephesians 4:25 ; Romans 13:12 ; 1 Peter 2:1 ). The thought of the death of the old life gives place to that of the divesting of the old habit; the new life wears a new dress, Mark the triumphant emphasis in "but now!" (opposed to the "once" of verse 8), characteristic of the writer (comp. Colossians 1:1-29 , 21, 26; Romans 3:21 ; Romans 6:22 , etc.). τὰ πάντα ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8-9

A warning against social sins. The sins already noticed are personal; the sins now to be specified arise in connection with man's social relationships. "But now put ye also away all these: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth. Lie not one to another." These sins, again, divide themselves into two classes—three of each: I. SINS OF INWARD FEELING . "Anger, wrath, malice." 1 . Anger and wrath. There is an anger that is righteous. "Be angry and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:8-11

The new life in Christ the death warrant to old sins. The apostle still employs the most powerful motives possible in his exhortations to personal holiness. His figures and illustrations vary ("Ye died; ye were raised with Christ; therefore put your sins to death." "Ye put off your old nature and put on a new nature; therefore put away your old sins" ) . I. OLD SINS TO BE PUT AWAY . From the sins of the flesh Paul passes on to sins of the spirit and the tongue. There... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:8

But now ye also put off all these - All these which follow, as being also inconsistent with the Christian calling.Anger, wrath - Notes, Ephesians 4:26.Malice - Notes, Ephesians 4:31.Blasphemy - Notes, Matthew 9:3. The word here seems to mean all injurious and calumnious speaking - whether against God or man.Filthy communication out of your mouth - Lewd, indecent, and immodest discourse; Notes, Ephesians 4:29. The conversation of the pagan everywhere abounds with this. A pure method of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Colossians 3:8-11

Colossians 3:8-11. But now ye also Being converted to the pure, peaceable, and devout religion of the Lord Jesus; put off Mortify; all these corrupt passions and lusts; anger, &c. See on Ephesians 4:31; blasphemy Or evil speaking, as the word may be properly rendered; for it includes not only impious speeches with regard to God, which is the highest degree of malignant language, but all railing and reproachful speeches against our fellow-creatures, and even speaking of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:5-17

3:5-4:6 THE CHRISTIAN’S NEW LIFEOld and new habits (3:5-17)Not only do Christians believe that through Christ’s death they have died to sin, but they must also show it to be true in their daily lives. They must make every effort to put away the old selfish habits that God hates, from obvious sins such as sexual immorality to hidden sins such as greed and other uncontrolled desires (5-7). They must control the tongue and discipline personal behaviour. This renewing of their lives is not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Colossians 3:8

put off . See Ephesians 4:22 . anger . Same as "wrath', Colossians 3:6 . wrath . Greek. thumos . See Romans 2:5 . malice . App-128 . filthy communication . Greek. aisehrologia. Only here. out of . App-104 , read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Colossians 3:8

Colossians 3:8. Blasphemy,— The original word properly signifiesblasphemy; but it includes not only impious speeches with regard to God, which is the highest degree of malignant language, but all railing and reproachful speeches against ourbrethren. See Matthew 15:19. Ephesians 4:31. By filthy communication, obscene and lewd discourse is generally understood. Dr. Whitby explains the original word of reproachful language; but the former sense is, I think, rather to be preferred, as reproachful... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:8

8. But now—that ye are no longer living in them. ye also—like other believers; answering to "ye also" ( :-) like other unbelievers formerly. put off—"Do ye also put away all these," namely, those just enumerated, and those which follow [ALFORD]. anger, wrath—(See on :-). blasphemy—rather, "reviling," "evil-speaking," as it is translated in Ephesians 4:31. filthy communication—The context favors the translation, "abusive language," rather than impure conversation. "Foul language" best retains... read more

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