1 Timothy 1:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 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.