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Verse 8. _BUT WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD_] The law as given by God,
is both _good_ in _itself_ and has a good _tendency_. This is similar
to what the apostle had asserted, Romans 7:12: _The law is h...
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BUT WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD - We admit this; it is that which we
all concede. This declaration is evidently made by the apostle to
guard against the supposition that he was an enemy of the law.
D...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. CONCERNING DOCTRINE
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The salutation (1 Timothy 1:1)_
2. The charge concerning false doctrine (1 Timothy 1:3)
3. The law, its use, and in contrast with gra...
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(_b_) 1 Timothy 1:3. REMINDER OF PAUL'S VERBAL CHARGE.
1 Timothy 1:3. The False Teaching, and a Digression on the Law. Some
years before, Paul had foretold that error would assail the Church in
Asia ...
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We know that the law is good, if a man uses it legitimately, in the
awareness that the law was not instituted to deal with good men, but
with the lawless and the undisciplined, the irreverent and the...
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THE ROYAL COMMAND (1 Timothy 1:1-2)...
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KNOW. App-132.
IF, App-118.
A MAN. Greek. _tis._ App-123.
LAWFULLY. Gr _nomimos_ Only here and 2 Timothy 2:5....
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_But we know_ YET WE ARE ALL AWARE, a correction or concession. St
Paul uses -we know" in a similar way, Romans 7:14, -I grant that the
law is spiritual"; 1 Corinthians 8:3, -We are quite aware (with...
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Timothy is exhorted to faithful Ministry. He is reminded first of the
character of the true Gospel...
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REPETITION OF CHARGE ALREADY GIVEN TO TIMOTHY...
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ΟἼΔΑΜΕΝ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. _But we know that the law is good, if
a man use it lawfully_. For οἴδαμεν δέ cp. Romans 2:2;
Romans 3:19; Romans 8:28 and οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντες
γνῶσιν ἔχομεν ...
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DIGRESSION TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS BEEN JUST SAID...
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ΟΪΔΑΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ Ο'ΊΔΑ (G1492) знать.
Def. perf. со _знач. praes._
ΚΑΛΌΣ (G2570) хороший, подходящий,
полезный (NIDNTT; TDNT).
ΝΟΜΊΜΩΣ (G3545) законно; то есть согласно
закону (Ellicott...
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THE LAW GOOD, IF USED ARIGHT
1 Timothy 1:8. _We know that the law is good, if a man use it
lawfully_.
TO live under the government of laws that are wisely enacted and well
administere...
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IF A MAN USE IT LAWFULLY;— This plainly intimates, that there were
some who abused the law, borrowing a pretence from it to condemn some
of the best of men, and to subvert the gospel: and whereas some...
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b.
Misuse of the Law. 1 Timothy 1:8-11
_TEXT 1:8-11_
8 But we know the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, 9 as knowing
this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless
and unr...
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But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
BUT - "Now we know" (; ): as an admitted principle.
LAW IS GOOD - accordant with God's moral goodness.
IF A MAN - primarily, a teach...
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3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening
sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _
so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
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THE FIRST CHARGE TO TIMOTHY. To remember and act upon the instructions
already given him by St. Paul, which were to be firm in resisting the
heterodox teachers in Ephesus, as the Apostle had been hims...
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TIMOTHY REMINDED OF HIS COMMISSION, AND EXHORTED TO EARNESTNESS
1, 2. Salutation. An apostle] St. Peter and St. John, with regard to
whose position no question was raised, are content to call themselv...
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HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH
1 TIMOTHY
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
The record in the book of Acts ends with the *apostle Paul in prison
in *Rome. That was about AD 60 and he was there f...
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BUT WE KNOW. — Better, _Now we know_: a strong expression of his
knowledge, learned in the school of the Holy Ghost. He spoke with the
conscious authority of an Apostle, confident of the truth of what...
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CHAPTER 4
THE MORAL TEACHING OF THE GNOSTICS-ITS MODERN COUNTERPART. - 1 Timothy
1:8
THE speculations of the Gnostics in their attempts to explain the
origin of the universe and the origin of evil, w...
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And yet this alleged antagonism of the Law to the Gospel is
factitious: _the Law_ on which they insist is part of law in general;
so is the Gospel with which I was entrusted. The intention of both is...
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οἴδαμεν, as in Romans 7:14; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians
8:4, introduces a concession in the argument καλὸς ὁ
νόμος was a concession made by St. Paul,...
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A CHARGE AGAINST “VAIN TALKING”
1 Timothy 1:1
The relation of Paul to Timothy is an example of one of those
beautiful friendships between an older and a younger man, in which
each is the complement o...
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This letter is an apostle's letter to a young minister having
oversight of the church in Ephesus. The first part of the letter deals
with the Church, its doctrine, its devotions, and its ministry.
Dif...
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UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW
Paul was not saying that the law was not from God or that it did not
fulfill a very important part of his purpose. It was the law that
taught man he was a sinner....
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(7) But we know that the law [is] good, if a man use it lawfully;
(7) The taking away of an objection: he does not condemn the Law, but
requires the right use and practice of it....
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_The law is good. Do not think I condemn the law of Moses, or those
who observe it; it is good, if properly understood and rightly
practised. I only blame those who make the law an occasion of
disturb...
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(3) As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into
Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other
doctrine, (4) Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,...
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1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of
the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the
epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
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8_Now we know that the law is good _He again anticipates the calumny
with which they loaded him; for, whenever he resisted their empty
display, they seized on this shield for their defense “What then?...
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The Epistles to Timothy and Titus have naturally a peculiar bearing
and character, being addressed to persons deputed by the apostle to
act in his name, or to care for the churches during his absence....
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BUT WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD,.... The apostle says this to prevent
an objection that might be made to him, that seeing he bore so hard on
such who were fond of being teachers of the law, he was hi...
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But we know that the law _is_ good, if a man use it lawfully;
Ver. 8. _If a man use it lawfully_] For discovery of sin, for
manuduction to Christ, and for a rule of life. _Lex, lux, Proverbs
6:23_. X...
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_We know that the law is good_ Answers excellent purposes; _if a man
use it lawfully_ In a proper manner. Even the ceremonial law is good
as it points to Christ, and is emblematical of the various bra...
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LAWFULLY; according to its proper design. The law of God is good as a
rule of duty for all men; to restrain, by fear of its penalties, those
who transgress it, and to point out the punishment which th...
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BUT WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD, IF A MAN USE IT LAWFULLY;...
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THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE LAW....
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The apostleship of Paul is shown here to be no light matter. His was a
call totally independent of the other apostles, but "according to the
command of God." We have, therefore, no liberty to regard h...
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But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
1. The law - What is "the law" mentioned in this verse? It this law
binding on us today? Does this law include the Ten Commandments?
2. Us...
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“BUT WE KNOW”: Paul, Timothy, and other faithful Christians are
not ignorant as the false teachers, rather they “know” the
following.
1 TIMOTHY 1:8 “THAT THE LAW IS GOOD”: The origin of these errors
i...
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5-11 Whatever tends to weaken love to God, or love to the brethren,
tends to defeat the end of the commandment. The design of the gospel
is answered, when sinners, through repentance towards God and...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "And we know that the law is
good, if a man use it lawfully."[331]...
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1 Timothy 1:8 But G1161 know G1492 (G5758) that G3754 law G3551 good
G2570 if G1437 one G5100 uses...
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1 Timothy 1:8. IF A MAN USE IT LAWFULLY. ‘We know,' the apostle
seems to say, ‘we who have been taught, through personal experience,
by the Spirit of God, what is the nature and office of the law, tha...
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IF A MAN USE IT LAWFULLY
(εαν τις αυτω χρητα). Condition of third class with
εαν and present middle subjunctive of χραομα with
instrumental case....
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1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of
God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;_
Christ is our hope; we have not a shadow of a hope apart from him. I...
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CONTENTS: Legalism and unsound teaching rebuked.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Timothy, Alexander, Satan, Hymenaeus
CONCLUSION: Witnesses of Christ must not only be charged to preach the
true Gospel doctr...
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1 Timothy 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment
of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ._ Beza cites here the
reading of the Complute polyglot bible, made under the patronage of...
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1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 1:3 Confronting the False Teaching. Paul
charges Timothy to deal with the false teachers (vv. 1 Timothy 1:3).
Next he briefly corrects their
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1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 1:8 THE LAW IS GOOD. The false teachers
have misused the law, but the law itself was a gracious gift of God to
Israel (see Psalms 119:1).
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Timothy 1:8. WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS GOOD.—The “grace and
truth” which “came by Jesus Christ” did not abrogate the law.
That law had a moral excellence, was indeed...
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EXPOSITION
1 TIMOTHY 1:1
_Christ Jesus _for _Jesus Christ_,_ _A.V. and T.R.; _according to _for
_by_,_ _A.V.; _Christ Jesus our hope _for _Lord Jesus Christ_,_ which
is our hope_,_ _A.V. and T.R. For...
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Ver. 8. The apostle turns here from the false to the true, gives his
own view of the nature of the law, and of the right use of it, as
contradistinguished from that which he had condemned in others. _...
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First Timothy.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour
(1 Timothy 1:1),
And the Greek word is "the royal commandment" of God; it's a word that
is used when a king had m...
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2 Timothy 2:5; Deuteronomy 4:6; Galatians 3:21; Nehemiah 9:13;...
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Good [κ α λ ο ς]. Comp. Romans 7:16. Morally excellent and
salutary. See on James 10:11. This is the only instance of crasqai to
use with nomov law.
Lawfully [ν ο μ ι μ ω ς]. Past o. o LXX The nature...
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We grant the whole Mosaic law is good, answers excellent purposes, if
a man use it in a proper manner. Even the ceremonial is good, as it
points to Christ; and the moral law is holy, just, and good, o...
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Lest any should have apprehended, from the reflection he made upon the
teachers of the law in the foregoing verse, that he did disparage and
undervalue the law itself, our apostle in this verse declar...