1 Timothy 1:8
New International Version
We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

New Living Translation
We know that the law is good when used correctly.

English Standard Version
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

Berean Standard Bible
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

Berean Literal Bible
Now we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

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

New King James Version
But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,

New American Standard Bible
But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

NASB 1995
But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

NASB 1977
But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

Legacy Standard Bible
But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

Amplified Bible
Now we know [without any doubt] that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully and appropriately,

Christian Standard Bible
But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

American Standard Version
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But we know that The Written Law is good if a man will be led by it, according to The Written Law,

Contemporary English Version
We know the Law is good, if it is used in the right way.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully:

English Revised Version
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We know that Moses' Teachings are good if they are used as they were intended to be used.

Good News Translation
We know that the Law is good if it is used as it should be used.

International Standard Version
Of course, we know that the Law is good if a person uses it legitimately,

Literal Standard Version
and we have known that the Law [is] good, if anyone may use it lawfully;

Majority Standard Bible
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

New American Bible
We know that the law is good, provided that one uses it as law,

NET Bible
But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately,

New Revised Standard Version
Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

New Heart English Bible
But we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,

Webster's Bible Translation
But we know that the law is good, if a man useth it lawfully;

Weymouth New Testament
Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

World English Bible
But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,

Young's Literal Translation
and we have known that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Warning against False Teaching
7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert. 8Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. 9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,…

Cross References
Romans 7:12
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:16
And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the law.

Deuteronomy 4:6-8
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people…

Nehemiah 9:13
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Psalm 19:7-10
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple…

lawfully.

2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

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1 Timothy 1
1. Paul declares Timothy is faithful to the charge which was given him at his going to Macedonia.
5. The right use and end of the law.
11. Paul's calling to be an apostle;
20. and the disobedience or Hymenaeus and Alexander.














(8) But we know.--Better, Now we know: a strong expression of his knowledge, learned in the school of the Holy Ghost. He spoke with the conscious authority of an Apostle, confident of the truth of what he preached and taught.

That the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.--"The Law is good," St. Paul declared with apostolic authoritative knowledge, "should a man--i.e., a teacher of the Law--make use of it lawfully; if he should use it so as to make men conscious of their sins, conscious that of themselves they deserve no mercy, only punishment." To press this sorrowful knowledge was the Law's true work upon men. It was never intended to supply materials for casuistry and idle, profitless arguments. It was never meant as a system out of which man might draw material for self-deception. It was never meant as a system through which a man might imagine that by a compliance, more or less rigid, with its outer ritual he was satisfying all the higher requirements of justice and truth.

Verse 8. - The Law is good (see the similar statement in Romans 7:12). The Jews thought that St. Paul spoke against the Law (comp. Acts 6:13, 14), because he vindicated its true use (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 4:4, 5, etc.). But he everywhere speaks of the Law as good and holy. If a man - i.e., a teacher of the Law - use it lawfully; knowing its proper use, as it follows in the next verse.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Now
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

we know
Οἴδαμεν (Oidamen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law
νόμος (nomos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

[is] good,
καλὸς (kalos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.

if
ἐάν (ean)
Conjunction
Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.

one
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

uses
χρῆται (chrētai)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5530: To use, make use of, deal with, take advantage of.

it
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

legitimately.
νομίμως (nomimōs)
Adverb
Strong's 3545: Lawfully, rightfully. Adverb from a derivative of nomos; legitimately.


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