Col 3:8 | TNotes | STEP | 3:8 get rid of (literally take off ): Taking off clothes is a metaphor for ridding our lives of practices that interfere with our walk with the Lord (see Rom 13:12 ; Eph 4:22 , 25 ; Heb 12:1 ; Jas 1:21 ; 1 Pet 2:1 ).

bRom 13:12►

cEph 4:22►

eHeb 12:1►

fJas 1:21►

g1 Pet 2:1►

‏ Colossians 3:8

3:8 ^a get rid of (literally take off): Taking off clothes is a metaphor for ridding our lives of practices that interfere with our walk with the Lord (see Rom 13:12 ^b; Eph 4:22 ^c, 25 ^d; Heb 12:1 ^e; Jas 1:21 ^f; 1 Pet 2:1 ^g).