1 Timothy 1:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁸ But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

Common English Bible

⁸ Now we know that the Law is good if used appropriately.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But we know that the law is good, if one makes use of it properly.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ 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 Si´nai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Romans 12:2

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

Romans 7:16

If then I do that which I would not, 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 how to perform that which is good I find 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 have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

2 Timothy 2:5

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