Colossians 3:9
Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
World English Bible Updated
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 man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
Cross References
Isaiah 63:8For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.
Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”
John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
Ephesians 4:22that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
Colossians 3:8but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
Titus 1:12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle 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 →