¹⁶ These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth^(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment^(B) in your courts;^(C)

⁹ Do not lie to each other,^(A) since you have taken off your old self^(B) with its practices

¹⁵ Instead, speaking the truth in love,^(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,^(B) that is, Christ.