Colossians 3:9 (GNV)

Passage

Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:7 Wherein ye also walked once, when ye liued in them.

Colossians 3:8 But now put ye away euen all these things, wrath, anger, maliciousnes, cursed speaking, filthie speaking, out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,

Colossians 3:10 And haue put on the newe, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him,

Colossians 3:11 Where is neither Grecian nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: But Christ is all, and in all things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "seeing", "haue", "olde", and "workes". 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 put ye away euen all..." into verse 10's "And haue put on the newe which...", 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.