There is a very good reason of why we are admonished to testify to the whole truth, and nothing but the truth – because those that live to anything that is less than the whole truth, have therefore tarnished their character to their own lasting harm, of which each of us should of our own volition want to and each of us really needs to represent instead, the liberating power of the whole truth, which frees us from the delusion of untruth and error.
The reason that so many willingly walk away from the whole truth is because they not only do not wish to face such on an individual basis, but that they also do not desire to face others with the exposure of their individual whole truth, because they feel, in many a case, that by doing so, that they will lose face to other people, especially those that they wish to have their respect and approval of; therefore, for a time, such a position serves to avoid bringing inconvenient shame to their own self; yet, this also signifies that because they have no real integrity in owning up to their own errors, that they have replaced the importance of the whole truth with that which is a very poor and unsatisfactory substitute.
So too, all those that will not live to the whole truth, and that will not seek and search diligently for the whole truth, have placed themselves in the unenviable position of being imprisoned by that which is untruth, or not the full truth, which they then pay homage to, as if this is okay, when it surely is not. Those that purposely know that their life or part of their life is a lie, and refused to correct such, have turned their face from that which enlightens them to that which darkens and besmirches their being.
Each of us needs to respect the whole truth, for ultimately it is truth, and truth unbounded, that is eternal; for that which is wrong, of error, is deceptive, or an untruth, will for a certainty, eventually be fully exposed, and further that which is of error, cannot long survive through the annals of time. That is to say, God is, by definition, eternally inerrant, of which then, that which is of error, cannot be an eternal part of God; therefore, signifying that all those that are in error, are going to, at some point or another, have to drop the scales from their eyes to see that which must be seen, known, and thereby lived to.
Additionally, it is difficult for many a person to recognize always that which is untruth and deception, if this is not counter-balanced by the knowledge of that which is the truth, and nothing but the truth. So then, our lack of clarity of what represents the whole truth, precludes us from ever being fully liberated from deception and untruth, which is the very thing that gets us into so much trouble. This so signifies, then, that it is our sacred duty therefore to do all that we can to know and to recognize the whole truth, and then honor that whole truth, by living it, in all that we say, think, and do.