1 Timothy 1:8

We knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it lawfully

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

In Context

7because they wolde be doctours the scripture and yet vnderstonde not what they speake nether wherof they affirme.

9vnderstondinge this how that the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man but vnto the vnrighteous and disobedient to the vngodly and to synners to vnholy and vnclean to murtherers of fathers and murtherers of mothers to manslears

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Cross References

Romans 7:16Yf I do now that which I wolde not I graute to the lawe that it is good.

Romans 7:22I delite in the lawe of God concerninge the inner man.

Galatians 3:21Ys the lawe then agaynst the promes of God? God forbid. How be it yf ther had bene a lawe geve which coulde have geven lyfe: then no doute rightewesnes shuld have come by the lawe.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:6-12

Timothy Reminded of His Charge. ( a. d. 64.) 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for… Read the whole commentary →

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