Colossians 3:5,8

I do not know about you but sometimes I can be confused so I’ve in listed a few Websters definitions to help clarify how we are to live a holy life.

Colossians 3:5

King James Version (KJV)

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Mortify: mor·ti·fy\ˈmȯr-tə-ˌfī\
1 : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of
2 : to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort

Fornication:  for·ni·ca·tion\ˌfȯr-nə-ˈkā-shən\
: consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other — compare adultery

Uncleanness:
Ÿ 1 : morally or spiritually impure
Ÿ 2 : infected with a harmful supernatural contagion; also : prohibited by ritual law for use or contact
Ÿ 3 : dirty, filthy

Inordinate:  in·or·di·nate\in-ˈȯr-dən-ət, -ˈȯrd-nət\
Ÿ : going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper
Ÿ 1 archaic : disorderly, unregulated
Ÿ 2 : exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate

Affection:  af·fec·tion\ə-ˈfek-shən\
Ÿ : a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something
Ÿ : feelings of love :  a person’s romantic feelings

evil\ˈē-vəl, British often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil\
Ÿ : morally bad
Ÿ : causing harm or injury to someone
Ÿ 1 a : morally reprehensible : sinful, wicked
Ÿ b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct

Concupiscence:  con·cu·pis·cence\kän-ˈkyü-pə-sən(t)s, kən-\
Ÿ : strong desire; especially : sexual desire

Covetousness:
Ÿ : feeling or showing a very strong desire for something that you do not have and especially for something that belongs to someone else
Ÿ 1 : marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another’s possessions
Ÿ 2 : having a craving for possession

Idolatry:     idol·a·try\-trē\
1 : the worship of a physical object as a god
2 : immoderate attachment or devotion to something
Colossians 3:8-9 King James Version (KJV)
8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Anger:  anger
: a strong feeling of being upset or annoyed because of something wrong or bad : the feeling that makes someone want to hurt other people, to shout, etc. : the feeling of being angry
1 : a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism
2 : rage

Wrath:  wrath\ˈrath, chiefly British ˈrȯth\
: extreme anger
1 : strong vengeful anger or indignation
2 : retributory punishment for an offense or a crime : divine chastisement

Malice:  mal·ice\ˈma-ləs?
Ÿ 1 : desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
Ÿ 2 : intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse

Blasphemy:  blas·phe·my\ˈblas-fə-mē\
Ÿ : great disrespect shown to God or to something holy
Ÿ : something said or done that is disrespectful to God or to something holy
Ÿ 1 a : the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God

Filthy:  filthy\ˈfil-thēy
: very offensive or disgusting and usually about sex
: very evil : morally wrong
1 : covered with, containing, or characterized by filth
2 a : underhand, vile
b : obscene

Communications:  com·mu·ni·ca·tion\kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən\
: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else
: a message that is given to someone : a letter, telephone call, etc.
: the ways of sending information to people by using technology

Lie:  lie\ˈlī\
1 : to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive
2 : to create a false or misleading impression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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