Ephesians 4:25

Ephesians 4:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

Context of Ephesians 4:25

23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth. Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another. 26Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, 27and don’t give the devil an opportunity.

Ephesians 4:25 word by word

Διὸ ἀποθέμενοι τὸ ψεῦδος λαλεῖτε ἀλήθειαν ἕκαστος μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐσμὲν ἀλλήλων μέλη.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• putting awayἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• lyingψεῦδοςpseudos · lieG5579
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• every manἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• neighbourπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• we areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• membersμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
• one of anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:25

• Leviticus 19:11“Do not steal. Do not act deceptively or lie to one another.
• 1 Kings 13:18He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.’” The old prophet deceived him,
• Psalms 52:3You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah
• Psalms 119:29Keep me from the way of deceit and graciously give me your instruction.
• Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue, only a moment.
• Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.
• Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder, the honored one; the tail is the prophet, the one teaching lies.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers, with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongues mutter injustice.
• Isaiah 63:8He said, “They are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,” and he became their Savior.
• Jeremiah 9:3They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Hosea 4:2Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Acts 5:3“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
• Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral and males who have sex with males, for slave traders, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Wherefore putting away lying - All falsity, all prevarication, because this is opposite to the truth as it is in Jesus, Ephesians 4:21, and to the holiness of truth, Ephesians 4:24. Speak every man truth with his neighbor - Truth was but of small account among many of even the best heathens, for they taught that on many occasions a lie was to be preferred to the truth itself. Dr. Whitby collects some of their maxims on this head. , · "A lie is better than…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Wherefore putting away lying - It may seem strange that the apostle should seriously exhort Christians to put away “lying,” implying that they were in the habit of indulging in falsehood. But we are to remember: (1) that lying is the universal vice of the pagan world. Among the ancient pagans, as among the moderns, it was almost universally practiced. It has been remarked by a distinguished jurist who had spent much time in India, that he would not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-28Verses 25-28 Notice the particulars wherewith we should adorn our Christian profession. Take heed of every thing contrary to truth. No longer flatter or deceive others. God's people are children who will not lie, who dare not lie, who hate and abhor lying. Take heed of anger and ungoverned passions. If there is just occasion to express displeasure at what is wrong, and to reprove, see that it be without sin. We give place to the devil, when the first…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25speak truthfully to his neighbor: (compare Zechariah 8:16). we are all members of one another: (see Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13, 27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Wherefore--From the general character of "the new man," there will necessarily result the particular features which he now details. putting away--Greek, "having put away" once for all. lying--"falsehood": the abstract. "Speak ye truth each one with his neighbor," is quoted, slightly changed, from Zec 8:16. For "to," Paul quotes it "with," to mark our inner connection with one another, as "members one of another" [Stier]. Not merely members of one…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:25

• Church
• Falsehood
• Quotations and Allusions
• Righteous
• Speaking
• Truth
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Compact
• Dark
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Lasciviousness
• Lowliness
• Renew
• Steal
• Ephesians, Epistle to the

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings