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But now you must put them all away:[a] anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths.(A) Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices(B) 10 [b]and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8–10 Put…away; have taken off; have put on: the terms may reflect baptismal practice, taking off garments and putting on new ones after being united with Christ, here translated into ethical terms.
  2. 3:10 Image: see note on Col 1:15.

But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C) Do not lie to each other,(D) since you have taken off your old self(E) with its practices 10 and have put on the new self,(F) which is being renewed(G) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.(H)

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