1 Timothy 1:5

so do, and acquaint them that the end of that charge is charity, out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned:

1770 John Worsley NT

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

4nor attend to fables and endless genealogies, which occasion debates, rather than pious edification in the faith:

6from which some having swerved are turned aside to vain discourses;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart produceth good things; and a wicked man out of the wicked treasure uttereth wicked things:

Acts 15:9and made no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

Acts 24:16And on this account do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence both towards God and towards men.

Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, for righteousness 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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