Colossians 3:9 (DBY)

Passage

Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:7 In which *ye* also once walked when ye lived in these things.

Colossians 3:8 But now, put off, *ye* also, all [these] things, wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, vile language out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,

Colossians 3:10 and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to [the] image of him that has created him;

Colossians 3:11 wherein there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ [is] everything, and in all.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But now put off ye also all..." into verse 10's "and having put on the new renewed...", so "another" and "having" 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 "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.