Perjury is an extremely heinous offence… False witness can be
borne in the context of the home, the work-place or the wider community,
in the form of slander or malicious gossip. The prohibition of false
witness carries with it the complementary responsibility to be a true
witness. Truth matters to all the followers of Jesus Christ, for he
claimed to be himself the truth and said he had come to bear witness to
the truth. Lies and subterfuge should be abhorrent to us.

– John R W Stott

in _Christian Basics_ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969).

(As compiled and presented in _TODAY’S THOUGHT_ by John Stott
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