1 Timothy 1:8

New Century Version

But we know that the law is good if someone uses it lawfully.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:13

You came down to Mount Sinai and spoke from heaven to our ancestors. You gave them fair rules and true teachings, good orders and commands.

Romans 12:2

Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 7:16

And if I do not want to do the hated things I do, that means 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 earthly and sinful. I want to do the things that are good, but I do not do them.

Romans 7:22

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

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean that the law is against God’s promises? Never! That would be true only if the law could make us right with God. But God did not give a law that can bring life.

2 Timothy 2:5

Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.