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


In Context

5 but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

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

9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

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 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 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;