1 Timothy 1:8

Plain English Version

We all know that the law that God gave to Moses is good, so long as people teach it the right way.

Cross References

Romans 12:2

Don’t be like most of the people in the world that like to do bad things. You have to be different from them. You have to let God change the way you think, so that you will become new people. Then you will be able to find out the things that God wants you to do, and you will know what is good, and the things that really make God happy.

Romans 7:16

We don’t want to do those bad things. We know that they are wrong. So that shows that, really, we agree with the law and we reckon the law is good.

Romans 7:18

We know that we can’t do anything good by ourselves. We want to do the right thing, but we can’t.

Romans 7:22

Really, we ourselves, we want to live the right way,

Galatians 3:21

But somebody might say, “God did something wrong. He gave a law that goes against what he promised.” That’s not right. No way. You see, if a law can give us real life, God would give us that law, and we would follow it and become good people. But no law can do that.

2 Timothy 2:5

And you are also like a sportsman. You know that sportsmen have to follow the rules of their game. If they don’t, they can’t win. Well, just like that, you have to follow the rules that God set down, so that in the end God will tell you that you won.