²⁵ Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully^(A) to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.^(B)

⁷ Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales;^(A) rather, train yourself to be godly.^{(B) 8} For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things,^(C) holding promise for both the present life^(D) and the life to come.^{(E) 9} This is a trustworthy saying^(F) that deserves full acceptance. ¹⁰ That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,^(G) who is the Savior of all people,^(H) and especially of those who believe.

¹¹ Command and teach these things.^(I)

⁹ Do not lie to each other,^(A) since you have taken off your old self^(B) with its practices ¹⁰ and have put on the new self,^(C) which is being renewed^(D) in knowledge in the image of its Creator.^(E)