1 Timothy 1:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And we knowe, that the Law is good, if a man vse it lawfully,

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  • Rom 7:12-13 : 12 Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good. 13 Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinfull by the commandement.
  • Rom 7:16 : 16 If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.
  • Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes. 9 The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and indureth for euer: the iudgements of the Lorde are trueth: they are righteous altogether, 10 And more to be desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe.
  • Ps 119:96-99 : 96 I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large. 97 Mem. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually. 98 By thy commaundements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee. 99 I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts. 101 I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word. 102 I haue not declined from thy iudgements: for thou didest teach me. 103 Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth. 104 By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falshoode. 105 Nvn. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
  • Ps 119:127-128 : 127 Therefore loue I thy commaundements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde. 128 Therefore I esteeme all thy precepts most iust, and hate all false wayes.
  • Deut 4:6-8 : 6 Keepe them therefore, and doe them; for that is your wisdome, and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people, which shall heare all these ordinances, and shall say, Onely this people is wise, and of vnderstanding, and a great nation. 7 For what nation is so great, vnto whome the gods come so neere vnto them, as the Lorde our God is neere vnto vs, in all that we call vnto him for? 8 And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,
  • Rom 7:18 : 18 For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to wil is preset with me: but I find no meanes to perform that which is good.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fashion not your selues like vnto this worlde, but bee yee changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may prooue what that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God is.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.
  • 2 Tim 2:5 : 5 And if any man also striue for a Masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to doe.

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  • 1 Tim 1:9-10
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    9 Knowing this, that the Lawe is not giuen vnto a righteous man, but vnto the lawles and disobedient, to the vngodly, and to sinners, to the vnholy, and to the prophane, to murtherers of fathers and mothers, to manslayers,

    10 To whoremongers, to buggerers, to menstealers, to lyers, to the periured, and if there be any other thing, that is contrary to wholesome doctrine,

  • Rom 7:12-14
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    12 Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good.

    13 Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinfull by the commandement.

    14 For we knowe that the Law is spirituall, but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.

  • 1 Tim 1:7
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    7 They would be doctours of the Law, and yet vnderstande not what they speake, neither whereof they affirme.

  • Rom 7:6-8
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    6 But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

    7 What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.

    8 But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead.

  • Rom 2:18
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    18 And knowest his will, and triest the things that dissent from it, in that thou art instructed by the Lawe:

  • Rom 7:16
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    16 If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 3:19-20
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    19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.

    20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Jas 2:8-12
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    8 But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.

    9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.

    10 For whosoeuer shall keepe the whole Lawe, and yet faileth in one poynt, hee is guiltie of all.

    11 For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

    12 So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.

  • Gal 3:24
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    24 Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

  • Rom 2:12-14
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    12 For as many as haue sinned without the Lawe, shall perish also without the Lawe: and as many as haue sinned in the Lawe, shall be iudged by the Lawe,

    13 (For the hearers of the Lawe are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Lawe shalbe iustified.

    14 For when the Gentiles which haue not the Lawe, doe by nature, the things conteined in the Lawe, they hauing not the Lawe, are a Lawe vnto themselues,

  • Rom 7:1
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    1 Knowe yee not, brethren, (for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe) that the Lawe hath dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth?

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5 But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

  • Rom 8:4
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    4 That that righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs, which walke not after ye flesh, but after the Spirit.

  • Rom 2:2
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    2 But we know that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which comit such things.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    11 And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12 And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Lawe.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31 Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

  • Rom 7:21-22
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    21 I finde then that when I would doe good, I am thus yoked, that euill is present with me.

    22 For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:

  • Jas 1:25
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    25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

  • 1 Cor 9:8
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    8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?

  • Gal 3:21
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    21 Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

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    15 What then? shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the Law, but vnder grace? God forbid.

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    8 And (as we are blamed, & as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.

    9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,

  • Gal 2:16-17
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    16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

    17 If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5 And if any man also striue for a Masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to doe.

  • Rom 13:10
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    10 Loue doeth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.

  • Rom 2:20
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    20 An instructer of them which lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned, which hast the forme of knowledge, & of the truth in ye Law.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17 Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.

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    5 For Moses thus describeth the righteousnes which is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shall liue thereby.

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    8 This is a true saying, and these thinges I will thou shouldest affirme, that they which haue beleeued God, might be carefull to shewe foorth good woorkes. These things are good and profitable vnto men.

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    23 All things are lawfull for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawfull for me, but all things edifie not.

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    12 All thinges are lawfull vnto mee, but all thinges are not profitable. I may doe all things, but I will not be brought vnder the power of any thing.