King James Version
What Does Ephesians 4:25 Mean?
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
Context
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And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
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And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. true: or, holiness of truth
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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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Neither give place to the devil.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(25) **For we are members.**—Accordingly the reason given for “putting away lying” is that “we are members one of another.” Truth is the first condition of the mutual confidence which is the basis of all unity. Hence it is the first duty of that “membership one of another,” which follows from our being “one body in Christ” (Romans 12:5; 1Corinthians 12:27). No doubt it is also the first duty to our own humanity, and to the God “who hateth a lie.” But these views, though true in themselves, would not be relevant to St. Paul’s great subject here.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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