Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 63:8For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. For they shall feed and lay down, and none shall make them afraid.
John 8:44Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his
Ephesians 4:22for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,
Colossians 3:8But now ye also, put off all these things: anger, wrath, wickedness, reviling, filthy speaking out of your mouth.
Titus 1:12A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:9-12
Necessity of Mortifying Sin. ( a. d. 62.) 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; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. As we are to mortify inordinate… Read the whole commentary →