For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Colossians 3:6 in context
Colossians 3:3–9
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For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
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Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
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You also once walked in those, when you lived in them,
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but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
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Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
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