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Don`t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
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Truthfulness Is Who You Are Now
Commentators explain that the command to stop lying is rooted in a Christian's new identity. The verse's reason is that believers have 'put off the old man.' Lying is a characteristic 'deed' of that old, sinful nature. Therefore, honesty isn't just a rule to follow but a natural expression of the new person God has made you in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lie not one to another. (See Barnes on Ephesians 4:25).
Seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. This refer…
Lie not to another (μη ψευδεσθε εις αλληλους). Lying (ψευδος) could have been included in the preceding list where it belongs in r…
19th Century
Anglican
Lie not one to another.—Compare Ephesians 4:25, and note the characteristic insertion there of a clause to which there is…
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Baptist
Lie not one to another,
In Paul's day, lying was often considered a virtue unless the liar was discovered; in that case, it was dee…
(9a) The sin of falsehood may be singled out because in it more frequently than in anything else we manifest ill-will toward our fellow human being…
16th Century
Protestant
Lie not. When he forbids lying, he condemns every sort of cunning and all base artifices of deception. For I do not understand th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Lie not one to another &c.] Which is another vice of the tongue, and to which mankind are very prone, and ought not …
It is our duty to mortify our members that incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin that spre…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle warned the faithful about sins of the flesh; here he warns them about spiritual sins. First, he lays down a general admonition, …
