exposing a lie
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11And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.
5And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.
21But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.
5A faithful witness will not lie. But a deceitful witness offers a lie.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
10The thief does not come, except so that he may steal and slaughter and destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
9A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will perish.
19The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue.
5A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will not escape.
25Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.
6If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all liars, these shall be a part of the pool burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
7You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.
44You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
4As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them.
9Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds, 10and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,