Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,
Darby Translation
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 63:8And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall not work unrighteousness, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: but *they* shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
John 8:44Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:
Ephesians 4:22[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
Colossians 3:8But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.
Titus 1:12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild 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 →