Colossians 3:9 - Easy To Read Version Don’t lie to each other. Why? Because you have left your old sinful life and the things you did before. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old (unregenerate) self with its evil practices, American Standard Version (1901) lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, Common English Bible Don’t lie to each other. Take off the old human nature with its practices Catholic Public Domain Version Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds, |
The Lord said,\par “These are my people.\par These are my real children.”\par So the Lord saved those people.\par
“You must not steal. You must not cheat people. You must not lie to each other.
The survivors {\cf2\super [22]} of Israel won’t do bad things. They won’t tell lies. They won’t try to trick people with lies. They will be like sheep that eat and lie down in peace—and no one will bother them.”
But you must do these things: Tell the truth to your neighbors. When you make decisions in your cities, do the things that are true and right and that bring peace.
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.
We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross. This happened so that our sinful selves would have no power over us. And then we would not be slaves to sin.
You were taught to leave your old self. This means that you must stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse and worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do.
So you must stop telling lies. You must always speak the truth to each other, because we all belong to each other in the same body.
But now put these things out of your life: anger, being very mad, doing or saying things to hurt other people, and using evil words when you talk.
people who do sexual sins, homosexuals, people who sell slaves, people who tell lies, people who speak falsely, and people who do anything that is against the true teaching \{of God\}.
But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.