Colossians 3:9-11 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;… Clear and sound dealing is the honour of man's nature; and that mixture of falsehood is like alloy in gold or silver, which may make the metal work better, but it debaseth it. For these windings and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly, not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so, cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious; and therefore Montaigne saith prettily, "If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth is aa to say that he is brave towards God and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God and shrinks from man." (Lord Bacon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;WEB: Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, |
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