1 Timothy 1:8

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We know that the law is good if someone uses it right.

Cross References

Romans 7:16

And if I don’t want to do what I do, that means I agree that the law is good.

2 Timothy 2:5

Athletes in a race must obey all the rules to win.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law works against God’s promises? Of course not. The law was never God’s way of giving new life to people. If it were, then we could be made right with God by following the law.

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 understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

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 what is good, but I don’t do it.

Romans 7:22

In my mind I am happy with God’s law.

Nehemiah 9:13

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