5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
There is a very straight forward distinction between someone who tells the truth and someone who lies. It's very convicting to see that the Bible leaves very little wiggle room between the two. Perhaps the question is this: When you are explaining, are you attempting to reveal what reality or obscure it somehow? If you're goal is not to completely bear an honest witness, then you're lying. Now, that's not to say obscuring the truth is always bad. 1 Samuel 16 gives an example of lying to protect the innocent. Another example from recent history is the hiding of Jews from Nazi Germany. That said, if you belief the righteous thing to do is reveal the truth, be sure not to muddle it for selfish gain.
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