Colossians 3:9 (YLT)

Passage

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

Nearby Context

Colossians 3:7 in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

Colossians 3:8 but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

Colossians 3:10 and having put on the new, which is renewed in regard to knowledge, after the image of Him who did create him;

Colossians 3:11 where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman--but the all and in all--Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "having", and "practices". 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 even ye the..." into verse 10's "and having put on the new which...", 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.