Colossians 3:6
“For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
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What Does Colossians 3:6 Mean?
Paul gives a sobering reason for putting these sins to death. The vices just listed are not trivial; for which things' sake the wrath of God cometh -- God's settled opposition to evil is provoked by them.
This wrath falls on the children of disobedience, those who persist in rebellion against God. Paul is not threatening the believers he has just called beloved, but reminding them how serious sin is and what life they have been rescued from. God's holiness cannot be indifferent to the corruption that ruins his creatures. To take sin lightly is to forget both its gravity and the deliverance Christ has provided. For the Colossians, the verse adds weight to the command of verse 5. These are the very things that draw God's judgment; how fitting, then, that those who belong to Christ should put them to death and walk in the freedom he won.