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What does Colossians 3:7 mean?
"You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;"
— Colossians 3:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
You also once walked in those, when you lived in them;
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
Explanation
Colossians 3:7 is a short but important transitional verse that only makes full sense alongside the verses around it. In verse 5, Paul has just listed sins such as sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and covetousness. Verse 7 then says that the Colossian believers "also once walked in those, when you lived in them" — meaning these sins were not occasional slips for them but were once their normal way of life. Paul is reminding them of who they used to be before they came to know Christ, so that the contrast with who they are now becomes clear.
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