25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you (A)speak the truth with his neighbor, for (B)we are members one of another.

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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)

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(A)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (B)you have put off (C)the old self[a] with its practices

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  1. Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10

Do not lie to each other,(A) since you have taken off your old self(B) with its practices

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16 These are the things that you shall do: (A)Speak the truth to one another; (B)render in your gates judgments (C)that are true and make for peace;

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16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)

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22 (A)Lying lips are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
    (C)but those who act faithfully are his delight.

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

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so we, (A)though many, (B)are one body in Christ, and individually (C)members one of another.

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so in Christ we, though many, form one body,(A) and each member belongs to all the others.

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15 Rather, (A)speaking the truth in love, we are to (B)grow up in every way into him who is (C)the head, into Christ,

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15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,(B) that is, Christ.

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17 (A)Whoever speaks[a] the truth gives honest evidence,
    but (B)a false witness utters deceit.

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  1. Proverbs 12:17 Hebrew breathes out

17 An honest witness tells the truth,
    but a false witness tells lies.(A)

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for my (A)mouth will utter truth;
    wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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My mouth speaks what is true,(A)
    for my lips detest wickedness.

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(A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (B)their portion will be in (C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (D)the second death.”

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But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but (A)a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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(A)in hope of eternal life, which God, (B)who never lies, (C)promised (D)before the ages began[a]

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  1. Titus 1:2 Greek before times eternal

in the hope of eternal life,(A) which God, who does not lie,(B) promised before the beginning of time,(C)

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through the insincerity of (A)liars whose consciences are seared,

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Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(A)

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(A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
    falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
    (B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

(C)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
    and put no trust in any brother,
for every (D)brother is a deceiver,
    and every neighbor (E)goes about as a slanderer.
Everyone deceives his neighbor,
    and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    they weary themselves committing iniquity.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong

“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.
“Beware of your friends;(C)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(D)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](E)
    and every friend a slanderer.(F)
Friend deceives friend,(G)
    and no one speaks the truth.(H)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(I)
    they weary themselves with sinning.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
  2. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob