1 Timothy 1:5

Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

4and not to throw themselves into fables and stories about genealogies, of which there is no end, which produce contention rather than edification in the faith of God.

6But from these some have strayed, and have turned aside to vain words;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:35A good man out of good treasures bringeth forth good things, and a bad man out of bad treasures bringeth forth bad things.

Acts 15:9And he made no distinction between them and us; because he purified their hearts by faith.

Acts 24:16And for this reason, I also labor to have always a pure conscience before God, and before men.

Romans 10:4For Messiah is the aim of the law, for righteousness, unto every one that believeth in him.

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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