Colossians 3:6

Parallel to Ephesians 5:6, from which ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας has been added in most MSS. The sentence is abrupt without them, and Colossians 3:7 is more easily explained if they are retained (as by Mey., Kl [17], Ol.), yet their omission in [18], combined with their presence in the parallel Ephesians 5:6, is too strong to admit of their retention. The verse may refer to a general principle which acts in human life, or the reference may be eschatological. The latter seems to be more in accordance with Paul's usage. ὀργὴ is here the outward manifestation of the anger which God even now feels at sin.

[17] Klöpper.

[18] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.