1 Timothy 1:5

Now the goal of instruction is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

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In The King James Version

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

In Context

4against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith.

6Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling,

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Cross References

Psalms 24:4May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.

Jeremiah 4:14Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you?

Matthew 12:35A good man offers good things from a good storehouse. And an evil man offers evil things from an evil storehouse.

Acts 15:9And he distinguished nothing between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Acts 24:16And in this, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is lacking in any offense toward God and toward men.

Romans 10:4For the end of the law, Christ, is unto justice for all who believe.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:2-5

First Timothy Hitherto Paul's epistles were directed to churches; now follow some to particular persons: two to Timothy, one to Titus, and another to Philemon—all three ministers. Timothy and Titus were evangelists, an inferior order to the apostles, as appears by Eph. iv. 11 , Some prophets, some apostles, some evangelists. Their commission and work was much the same with that of the apostles, to plant churches, and water the churches that were planted; and accordingly they were itinerants, as we find Timothy… Read the whole commentary →

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