1st Timothy Chapter 1 verse 8 Holy Bible
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,
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We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,
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Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,
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But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
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But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
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and we have known that the law `is' good, if any one may use it lawfully;
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1st Timothy 1 : 8 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - The Law is good (see the similar statement in Romans 7:12). The Jews thought that St. Paul spoke against the Law (comp. Acts 6:13, 14), because he vindicated its true use (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 4:4, 5, etc.). But he everywhere speaks of the Law as good and holy. If a man - i.e., a teacher of the Law - use it lawfully; knowing its proper use, as it follows in the next verse.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) 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 he preached and taught.That the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.--"The Law is good," St. Paul declared with apostolic authoritative knowledge, "should a man--i.e., a teacher of the Law--make use of it lawfully; if he should use it so as to make men conscious of their sins, conscious that of themselves they deserve no mercy, only punishment." To press this sorrowful knowledge was the Law's true work upon men. It was never intended to supply materials for casuistry and idle, profitless arguments. It was never meant as a system out of which man might draw material for self-deception. It was never meant as a system through which a man might imagine that by a compliance, more or less rigid, with its outer ritual he was satisfying all the higher requirements of justice and truth.
