1 Timothy 1:8

Easy To Read Version

We know that the law {\cf2\super [3]} is good if a person uses it right.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:13

Then you came down to Mount Sinai.\par You spoke to them from heaven.\par You gave them good laws.\par You gave them true teachings.\par You gave them laws and commands that were very good!\par

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world. But let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what things are good and pleasing to God and what things are perfect.

Romans 7:16

And if I don’t want to do the \{bad\} things I do, then that means that I agree that the law is good.

Romans 7:18

Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is not spiritual. I want to do the things that are good. But I don’t do those things.

Romans 7:22

In my mind, I am happy with God’s law.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law {\cf2\super [41]} is against God’s promises? No! If there was a law that could give life to people, then we could be made right by following law.

2 Timothy 2:5

If an athlete is running a race, he must obey all the rules to win.