8Now we know that the law is good if any one uses it lawfully,


In Context

5 But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

6 which things some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,

7 desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they so strenuously affirm.

8 Now we know that the law is good if any one uses it lawfully,

9 knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

10 fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

1 Timothy 1:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:8We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man useth it lawfully;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8and we have known that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:8But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;