6For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. …
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-7)The apostle exhorts the Colossians to the mortification of sin, the great hindrance to seeking the things which are above. Since it is our duty to set our affections upon heavenly things, it is our duty to mortify our members which are upon the earth , and which naturally incline us to the things of the world: “Mortify them, that is, subdue the vicious habits of mind which prevailed in your Gentil…
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