even when you think you’re lying for their benefit, lies are never loving. The truly loving thing to do is to tell the truth. The Bible says, “Love must be sincere” (Rom. 12:9) and love “rejoices with the truth” (1 Cor. 13:6); it also says that God hates lies (Prov. 6:16–19; 12:22) and that the devil is “the father of lies” (John 8:44).
