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Ephesians 4

Eph. 4:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dio (Greek #1352)
through which thing, i.e. consequently
KJV usage: for which cause, therefore, wherefore.
Pronounce: dee-o'
Origin: from 1223 and 3739
putting away
apotithemi (Greek #659)
to put away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off).
Pronounce: ap-ot-eeth'-ay-mee
Origin: from 575 and 5087
lying
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pseudos (Greek #5579)
a falsehood
KJV usage: lie, lying.
Pronounce: psyoo'-dos
Origin: from 5574
, speak
laleo (Greek #2980)
to talk, i.e. utter words
KJV usage: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: lal-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb
every man
hekastos (Greek #1538)
each or every
KJV usage: any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
Pronounce: hek'-as-tos
Origin: as if a superlative of ἕκας (afar)
truth
aletheia (Greek #225)
truth
KJV usage: true, X truly, truth, verity.
Pronounce: al-ay'-thi-a
Origin: from 227
o with
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
neighbor
plesion (Greek #4139)
(adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian or friend)
KJV usage: near, neighbour.
Pronounce: play-see'-on
Origin: neuter of a derivative of πέλας (near)
t: for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
wep are
esmen (Greek #2070)
we are
KJV usage: are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the gospel) was (preached unto) us.
Pronounce: es-men'
Origin: first person plural indicative of 1510
members
melos (Greek #3196)
a limb or part of the body
KJV usage: member.
Pronounce: mel'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
one of another
allelon (Greek #240)
one another
KJV usage: each other, mutual, one another, (the other), (them-, your-)selves, (selves) together (sometimes with 3326 or 4314).
Pronounce: al-lay'-lone
Origin: Genitive plural from 243 reduplicated
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Zech. 8:16• 16These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates; (Zech. 8:16)
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Acts 20:35• 35I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
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Rom. 12:5• 5thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other. (Rom. 12:5)

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Lev. 19:11• 11Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another. (Lev. 19:11)
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1 Kings 13:18• 18And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him. (1 Kings 13:18)
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Psa. 52:3• 3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. (Psa. 52:3)
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Psa. 119:29• 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law. (Psa. 119:29)
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Prov. 6:17• 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Prov. 6:17)
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Prov. 12:19,22• 19The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
 22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight. (Prov. 12:19,22)
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Prov. 21:6• 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. (Prov. 21:6)
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Isa. 9:15• 15the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. (Isa. 9:15)
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Isa. 59:3‑4• 3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:
 4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (Isa. 59:3‑4)
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Isa. 63:8• 8And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour. (Isa. 63:8)
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Jer. 9:3‑5• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
 4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
 5And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing. (Jer. 9:3‑5)
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Hos. 4:2• 2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery,--they break out; and blood toucheth blood. (Hos. 4:2)
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John 8:44• 44Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father: (John 8:44)
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Acts 5:3‑4• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?
 4While it remained did it not remain to *thee*? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. (Acts 5:3‑4)
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Col. 3:9• 9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, (Col. 3:9)
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1 Tim. 1:10• 10fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching, (1 Tim. 1:10)
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1 Tim. 4:2• 2speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience, (1 Tim. 4:2)
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Titus 1:2,12• 2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
 12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons. (Titus 1:2,12)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
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Eph. 4:15• 15but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ: (Eph. 4:15)
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Prov. 8:7• 7For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. (Prov. 8:7)
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Prov. 12:17• 17He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit. (Prov. 12:17)
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Zech. 8:16,19• 16These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;
 19Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace. (Zech. 8:16,19)
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2 Cor. 7:14• 14Because if I boasted to him anything about you, I have not been put to shame; but as we have spoken to you all things in truth, so also our boasting to Titus has been the truth; (2 Cor. 7:14)
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Col. 3:9• 9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, (Col. 3:9)
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Eph. 5:30• 30for we are members of his body; we are of his flesh, and of his bones. (Eph. 5:30)
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Rom. 12:5• 5thus we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other. (Rom. 12:5)
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1 Cor. 10:17• 17Because we, being many, are one loaf, one body; for we all partake of that one loaf. (1 Cor. 10:17)
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1 Cor. 12:12‑27• 12For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.
 13For also in the power of one Spirit *we* have all been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or free, and have all been given to drink of one Spirit.
 14For also the body is not one member but many.
 15If the foot say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
 16And if the ear say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, is it on account of this not indeed of the body?
 17If the whole body were an eye, where the hearing? if all hearing, where the smelling?
 18But now God has set the members, each one of them in the body, according as it has pleased him.
 19But if all were one member, where the body?
 20But now the members are many, and the body one.
 21The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.
 22But much rather, the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
 23and those parts of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
 24but our comely parts have not need. But God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to the part that lacked;
 25that there might be no division in the body, but that the members might have the same concern one for another.
 26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with it.
 27Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular. (1 Cor. 12:12‑27)
• "For we are members one of another." It is of great importance for our souls, not only that we should walk well and righteously, but that the motive, character, and extent, should be according to God too. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:17-27” by W. Kelly)
• “Truth,” the expression of simplicity and integrity of heart, is in connection with “the truth as it is in Jesus,” whose life is transparent as the light, as falsehood is in connection with deceitful lusts. (“Ephesians 4-5” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Everything that has the character and nature of falsehood. It is abstract, what has this quality, not merely the act of lying.

W. Kelly Translation

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