| 1 Timothy 1:8 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | We know that Moses' Teachings are good if they are used as they were intended to be used.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; |
| ASV: | But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, |
| BBE: | We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it, |
| DBY: | Now we know that the law is good if any one uses it lawfully, |
| ERV: | But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, |
| WEY: | Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used, |
| WBS: | But we know that the law is good, if a man useth it lawfully; |
| WEB: | But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully, |
| YLT: | and we have known that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully; |
| 1 Timothy 1:8 Cross References |
| XREF: | Romans 7:12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Romans 7:16 But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 1:8 {7} But we know that the law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully;
(7) The taking away of an objection: he does not condemn the Law, but requires the right use and practice of it. |
| PNT: | 1:8 The law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully. Its object was not, however, to teach fables, and genealogies, and foolish fancies. The men he opposes asserted that the law was good, but made a wrong use of it. |
| WES: | 1:8 We grant the whole Mosaic law is good, answers excellent purposes, if a man use it in a proper manner. Even the ceremonial is good, as it points to Christ; and the moral law is holy, just, and good, on its own nature; and of admirable use both to convince unbelievers, and to guide believers in all holiness. |
| MHC: | 1:5-11 Whatever tends to weaken love to God, or love to the brethren, tends to defeat the end of the commandment. The design of the gospel is answered, when sinners, through repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ, are brought to exercise Christian love. And as believers were righteous persons in God's appointed way, the law was not against them. But unless we are made righteous by faith in Christ, really repenting and forsaking sin, we are yet under the curse of the law, even according to the gospel of the blessed God, and are unfit to share the holy happiness of heaven. |
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