Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither give place to the devil. Or "to the accuser", or "slanderer"; that is, to any adversary, that takes delight in slandering and reproaching the saints; give such no room, nor reason, to…
Barnes' Notes
Wherefore 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…
Adam Clarke
Wherefore putting away lying - All falsity, all prevarication, because this is opposite to the truth as it is in Jesus, Eph 4:21, and to the holiness of truth, Eph 4:24.
Speak every man truth with his…
The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the foregoing verses, there follows in these an exhortation to Christian purity and holiness of heart and life,…
The subject pursued: the revolution coming out in truthfulness, kindness, honesty, purity, patience, forgivingness
25. Wherefore From these deep principles come now the more detailed inferences of…
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