Colossians 3:9
Don't lie to each other, since you've discarded your old self and what you used to do,
Free Bible 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
8but now you should get rid of such things as anger, rage, wickedness, abuse, and using obscenities.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:8He said, “Aren't they my people, children who wouldn't lie to me?” So he became their Savior.
Zephaniah 3:13The people of Israel who remain will not act wickedly nor will they tell lies. They will not deceive one another. They will be able to eat in peace and sleep in safety for there will be nothing to frighten them.
John 8:44Your father is the devil, and you love to follow your father's evil desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never stood for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies he reveals his true character, for he's a liar and the father of lies.
Ephesians 4:22So get rid of your former lifestyle, that old nature that ruins you through deceptive desires!
Colossians 3:8but now you should get rid of such things as anger, rage, wickedness, abuse, and using obscenities.
Titus 1:12As someone of their own people, a prophet, has stated, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts who are lazy, greedy people.”
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 →