Lying in the Body ( Ephesians 4:25)
This lately caught my attention as I was reading Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. (ESV) It is the part where it says: “We are members of one another ” I checked in the Amplified version to see if it said the same thing and here it is: Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], SPEAK THRUTH EACH ONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ] [Zech 8:16 ] ( Ephesians 4:25) That is exactly the way it is written in the Amplified version. I conclude that the Bible stresses out very much that we are, whether we want or not, dependent on one another for survival. If one lies about the other, we are weakening the links in the chain which is Christ. We are working against Christ and not with him. Lies stand against what Christ stands for