1 Timothy 1:8

and we have known that the law [is] good, if any one may use it lawfully;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,

9having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:6and ye have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.

Psalms 19:7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah [are] stedfast, Making wise the simple,

Psalms 119:127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.

Romans 7:16And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that [it is] good,

Romans 7:22for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

Galatians 3:21the law, then, [is] against the promises of God? — let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

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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