1 Timothy 1:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now we recognize and know that the Law is good if anyone uses it lawfully [for the purpose for which it was designed],

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Now we know that the Law is good if used appropriately.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But we know that the law is good, if one makes use of it properly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Timothy 1:8 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:13

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

Romans 12:2

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Romans 7:16

But if what I would not, that I do, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

2 Timothy 2:5

And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.