Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
In Context
10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Colossians 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Titus 1:12As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always 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 →