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 Living Translation (NLT)So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.

Context of Ephesians 4:25

23and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27nor give place to the devil.

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‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
• 1 Kings 13:18He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (He was lying to him.)
• Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
• Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously.
• Proverbs 6:17A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 12:19The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• Proverbs 21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
• Isaiah 9:15The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.
• 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.
• Hosea 4:2By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
• 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.
• Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
• Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
• 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,

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