Ephesians 4:25, Ephesians 4:29 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak every man truth with his neighbor. Lying or falsehood is pre-eminently a heathen vice, as missionaries in India and other countries abundantly testify. It is an attribute of fallen humanity: "They go astray from the womb, speaking lies;" and one of the earliest vices that appear in children is deceit. Not only is it God's will and command that we speak the truth, but it is peculiarly incumbent on Christians as children of the light, as followers of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25

Warning against falsehood. As the saints had put off lying at their conversion, it was their duty henceforth to speak truth with their neighbor's. Consider the social duty prescribed and the motive to its faithful performance. I. THE SOCIAL DUTY . "Speak every man truth with his neighbor." What is truth? There is truth as opposed to falsehood, which is an express intention to deceive. There is truth of character, which is opposed to insincerity. Both kinds of truth are manifest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32

Vices. The apostle here enumerates five vices pertaining to the old man , or Gentile state , and shows how they are contradicted by Christianity. I. LYING . 1. The negative of Christianity . "Wherefore, putting away falsehood." Lying sufficiently indicates what is meant, if we take it as including falsehood in act as well as falsehood in speech. It is the intention to deceive that makes the lie, whatever its manifestations. The goodness of the motive does not alter... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32

The abjured and the enjoined in Christian life. "Wherefore," etc. In the preceding verses, as we have seen, under the head of The true method of studying Christianity , the apostle exhorted the Ephesians "to put off the old man and to put on the new man." He here proceeds to particularize and urge this the great practical work of Christianity. He abjures the elements of the old man and enjoins the elements of the new. Our subject is the abjured and the enjoined in the Christian... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:25

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 to remember:(1) That lying is the universal vice of the pagan world. Among the ancient pagans, as among the moderns, it was almost universally practiced. It has been remarked by a distinguished jurist who had spent much time in India, that he would not believe a Hindu on his oath. The same testimony... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:25-27

Ephesians 4:25-27 . Wherefore Since you have been thus taught what is your duty and interest, let it appear in your tempers, words, and works, that there is such a change wrought in them; and that, having received a new nature, you live in a new manner. The apostle now proceeds to caution them against particular sins, to which they had been habituated, and to urge them to the pursuit of particular graces, and the practice of particular virtues, which they had formerly neglected. Putting... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-32

The old and the new standards (4:17-32)Although believers have entered a new life through Christ, they still live in a society that does not know God and whose moral outlook is darkened by its ungodliness. The less Christian influence there is in the society, the lower the moral standards are. Christians, however, should not behave according to the commonly accepted practices of society. People without God, through repeatedly ignoring the warnings of conscience, can easily lose those feelings... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 4:25

putting = having put. Greek. apotithemi. As Ephesians 4:22 . lying = the lie. Greek. to pseudos. Compare John 8:44 . Rom 1:25 . 2 Thessalonians 2:11 . speak, &c . From Zechariah 8:16 . for = because. members . Compare Ephesians 5:30 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.Harper pointed out that Paul made the application in practical living concerning what he meant by putting off the old man and putting on the new man. From this verse through Ephesians 5:20, the contrast between the two is dramatically presented:falsehood vs. truth (Ephesians 4:25). resentment vs. self-control (Ephesians 4:26,27). stealing vs. generosity (Ephesians 4:28). evil speech... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:25

Ephesians 4:25.— After the general exhortation, in the foregoing verses, to renounce the old course of life which they led when they were heathens, and to become perfectly new men, conformed to the holy rules of the gospel,—St. Paul descends to particulars; dehorting them from many vices, and pressing them to the practice of several important virtues. The words Το ψευδος, rendered lying, might be rendered more properly every lie; and as lying is so opposite to that sincerity which becomes a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 4:25-32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 4:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 4:25-27

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 4:17-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 4:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 4:25

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 4:25

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