Colossians 3:9

Colossians 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
• New International Version (NIV)Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.

Context of Colossians 3:9

7in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. 8But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

Colossians 3:9 word by word

Μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Lieψεύδομαιpseudomai · to lieG5574
• notμήmē · notG3361
• oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• seeing that ye have put offἀπεκδύομαιapekduomai · to take offG554
• the oldπαλαιόςpalaios · oldG3820
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• deedsπρᾶξιςpraxis · actionG4234

Cross-references for Colossians 3:9

• Leviticus 19:11‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
• Isaiah 63:8For He said, “Surely they are My people, Children who will not lie.” So He became their Savior.
• Jeremiah 9:3“And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.
• Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, And no one shall make them afraid.”
• Zechariah 8:16These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
• Ephesians 4:25Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
• Revelation 21:8But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
• Revelation 22:15But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
• Colossians 3:8But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
• Romans 6:6knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
• Ephesians 4:22that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

Commentaries on Colossians 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Lie not one to another - Do not deceive each other; speak the truth in all your dealings; do not say, "My goods are so and so," when you know them to be otherwise; do not undervalue the goods of your neighbor, when your conscience tells you that you are not speaking the truth. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but afterwards he boasteth; i.e. he underrates his neighbour's property till he gets him persuaded to part with it for less than its…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Lie not one to another - Notes, Ephesians 4:25. Seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds - Your former corrupt and evil nature; Notes, Ephesians 4:22. The reason for putting away lying, stated in Ephesians 4:25, is, that we “are members one of another” - or are brethren. The reason assigned here is, that we have put off the old man with his deeds. The sense is, that lying is one of the fruits of sin. It is that which the corrupt nature of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 It is our duty to mortify our members which incline to the things of the world. Mortify them, kill them, suppress them, as weeds or vermin which spread and destroy all about them. Continual opposition must be made to all corrupt workings, and no provision made for carnal indulgences. Occasions of sin must be avoided: the lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world; and covetousness, which is idolatry; love of present good, and of outward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10the old self … the new self: Paul contrasts old and new identities (see also Romans 5:12–21; 6:6; Ephesians 4:22–24). Believers stop living the way they used to and start living a new life in Christ, letting him be Lord and guide the way they live.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. (Ep 4:25.) put off--Greek, "wholly put off"; utterly renounced [Tittmann]. (Ep 4:22). the old man--the unregenerate nature which ye had before conversion. his deeds--habits of acting.Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 3:9

• Commandments
• Falsehood
• Holiness
• Regeneration
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Old Man
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• Discourage
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• Member

Commentaries on Colossians 3

• 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