Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
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In The King James Version
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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Cross References
Isaiah 63:8And he said: “Yet truly, these are my people, sons who have not been disowned.” And he became their Savior.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. For they will pasture and will recline, and there will be no one to strike them with terror.
John 8:44You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
Ephesians 4:22to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,
Colossians 3:8But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
Titus 1:12A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: “The Cretans are ever liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
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 →