Ephesians 4:25 “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to h…”

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

World English Bible

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

American Standard Version

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Darby Translation

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Bible in Basic English

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

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Cross references

“putting”

Colossians 3:9 Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 12:19 Revelation 21:8 Jeremiah 9:3–5 Leviticus 19:11

Colossians 3:9 · BSB

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Proverbs 12:22 · BSB

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

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

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Jeremiah 9:3–5 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Leviticus 19:11 · BSB

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

“speak”

Zechariah 8:16 Ephesians 4:15 Proverbs 12:17 Proverbs 8:7 2 Corinthians 7:14 Zechariah 8:19

Zechariah 8:16 · BSB

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

Ephesians 4:15 · BSB

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

Proverbs 12:17 · BSB

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Proverbs 8:7 · BSB

For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

2 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

Zechariah 8:19 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both tr…

“for”

Romans 12:5 1 Corinthians 12:12–27 1 Corinthians 10:17 Ephesians 5:30

Romans 12:5 · BSB

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

1 Corinthians 12:12–27 · BSB

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:17 · BSB

Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Ephesians 5:30 · BSB

For we are members of His body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,

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