Colossians 3:9

“Lie not one to another etc.] Which is another vice of the tongue, and to which mankind are very prone, and ought not to be done to any, and particularly to one another; since the saints are members one of another, and of the same body, which makes the sin the more unnatural; of this vice, (see Gill on “<490425>Ephesians 4:25”), and is another sin that is to be put off, or put away; that is to be abstained from, and not used. The arguments dissuading from this, and the rest, follow, seeing that ye have put off the old man, with his deeds. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read this as an exhortation, as they do the next verse also. Who is meant by the old man, (see Gill on “…”

“(Eph 4:25.) put off--Greek, "wholly put off"; utterly renounced [TITTMANN]. (Eph 4:22). the old man--the unregenerate nature which ye had before conversion. his deeds--habits of acting.”

“Lie not one to another - Notes, Ephesians 4:25. Seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds - Your former corrupt and evil nature; Notes, Ephesians 4:22. The reason for putting away lying, stated in Ephesians 4:25, is, that we “are members one of another” - or are brethren. The reason assigned here is, that we have put off the old man with his deeds. The sense is, that lying is one of the fruits of sin. It is that which the corrupt nature of man naturally produces; and when that is put off, then all that that nature produces should be also put off with it. The vice of lying is a universal fruit of sin, and seems to exist everywhere where the gospel does not prevail; compare the…”

“3:9-10 your old sinful nature . . . your new nature: Paul contrasts old and new identities (see also Rom 5:12-21; 6:6; Eph 4:22-24). Believers strip off their old life and put on Christ’s new life, allowing him to be Lord and to guide the way they live.”

“Lie: Lev 19:11; Isa 63:8; Jer 9:3-5; Zep 3:13; Zac 8:16; Joh 8:44; Eph 4:25; Ti1 1:10; Tit 1:12, Tit 1:13; Rev 21:8, Rev 21:27, Rev 22:15 ye: Col 3:8; Rom 6:6; Eph 4:22 Colossians 3:10”