1 Timothy 1:8

But we know that the law is good, if a man according to the law converse in it;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7seeking to become teachers of the law, while they understand not what they speak, nor that concerning which they contend.

9knowing that against the righteous the law is not set, but against the evil, and rebels, and the wicked, and sinners, and the dishonest, and those who are not pure, and those who strike their fathers, and those who strike their mothers, and murderers,

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Cross References

Romans 7:16And if the thing that I would not, I do, I witness of the law that it is good.

Romans 7:22For I rejoice in the law of Aloha in the interior man;

Galatians 3:21Is the law therefore against the promise of Aloha? Impossible: for if a law had been given which could make to live, certainly righteousness would have been by the law.

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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