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


In Context

5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

6 Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk.

7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

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

9 We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:8Now we know that the law is good if any one uses 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;