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1 Timothy 1:8

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

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

1 Timothy 1:8 · American Standard Version

1 Timothy 1:8 in context

  1. 6from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,
  2. 7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
  3. 8But we know that the law is good, if a person uses it lawfully,
  4. 9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
  5. 10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,