25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-32)The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the Eph. 2:16; there follows in these an exhortation to Christian purity and holiness of heart and life, and that both more general (Eph. 4:17-24) and in several particular instances, Eph. 4:25-32. This is solemnly introduced: “ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord ; that is, seeing the matter is as abo…
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