9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-11)As we are to mortify inordinate appetites, so we are to mortify inordinate passions (Col. 3:8): But now you also put off all these, anger wrath, malice ; for these are contrary to the design of the gospel, as well as grosser impurities; and, though they are more spiritual wickedness, have not less malignity in them. The gospel religion introduces a change of the higher as well as the lower powers…
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