Colossians 3:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;

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  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
  • Eph 2:2-3 : 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God; 3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
  • Isa 57:4 : 4 Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,
  • Ezek 16:45-46 : 45 You are the daughter of your mother whose soul is turned in disgust from her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters who were turned in disgust from their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. 46 Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
  • 1 Pet 1:14 : 14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.

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    5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7 Have no part with such men;

    8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • Col 3:5
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    5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

  • Eph 2:1-3
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    1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

    2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;

    3 Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

  • Col 3:7-8
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    7 Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.

    8 But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

  • Rom 1:18
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    18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

  • Rom 2:8
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    8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

  • Rom 2:5
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    5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

  • 2 Cor 10:6
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    6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.

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    3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

  • Col 3:20-21
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    20 Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

    21 Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

    9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

    6 And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • John 3:36
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    36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24 For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

  • Eph 4:26
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    26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

  • Eph 4:18-19
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    18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

    19 Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

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    29 Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

    30 Hated by God, full of pride, without respect, full of loud talk, given to evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,

    31 Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

    32 Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

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    19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

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    20 For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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    2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,

  • Rom 2:2-3
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    2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

    3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

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    3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

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    18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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    2 So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

    3 Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;

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    31 Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

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    1 Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

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    21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

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    10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

  • Eph 4:22
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    22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

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    21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.

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    16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.