Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Wherefore. From the general character of "the new man," there necessarily result the particular features which he details.
Putting away, х apothemenoi (G659)] - 'having put away' once for all.
Lying - `falsehood' in every form х to (G3588) pseudos (G5579)]; flowing from selfishness, the essence of all sin (Muller): opposed to "the truth" (Ephesians 4:24); the abstract. 'Speak ye truth each one with his neighbour' is slightly changed from Zechariah 8:16. For "to" Paul has "with," to mark our inner connection with one another, as "members one of another" (Stier). Not merely of one body. Union in Christ, the Truth and the Life, instinctively leads Christians to truth toward one another. One member could not injure another without injuring himself, as all have a common spiritual life and interest.