Colossians 3:9 (ASV)

Passage

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:7 wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things;

Colossians 3:8 but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Colossians 3:9 lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Colossians 3:11 where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "seeing", and "doings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "another" and "seeing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "but now do ye also put them..." into verse 10's "and have put on the new man...", so "another" and "seeing" belong inside that flow. In Colossians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "another" and "seeing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.