1 Timothy 1:5

But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a sincere faith.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees, such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which only exists where there is faith. And I make the same request now.

6From these some have drifted away, and have wandered into empty words.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:35A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad man from his bad store produces bad things.

Acts 15:9and He made no difference between us and them, in that He cleansed their hearts by their faith.

Acts 24:16This too is my own earnest endeavour--always to have a clear conscience in relation to God and man.

Romans 10:4For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.

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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