Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
- KJV Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- NKJV Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
- NASB Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
- NLT Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.
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Quick answer
They must not lie to one another, having taken off the old self. Truthfulness flows from a changed nature.
Overview
Paul forbids lying 'seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings.' Like removing dirty clothing, believers have decisively laid aside their old, sinful self in Christ. Honest speech is the natural expression of that new reality.
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Cross-references · 15
- Eph 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Lev 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Rom 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- 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 uphold 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.
- Rev 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Zeph 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.”
- Rev 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Titus 1:12–13As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
- Jer 9:3–5“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Tim 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Col 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- Isa 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Zech 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
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