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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 1:8-11

1 Timothy 1:8-11. 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 branches of salvation that are in and through him; and the moral law is holy, just, and good, resulting from the nature of God and man, and the relations of mankind to him and each other, and of admirable use both to convince men of sin, and to bring them to Christ for... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-11

1:1-20 WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERSFalse and true (1:1-11)The letter begins with a reminder to Timothy of the reason Paul urged him to stay at Ephesus. Timothy has to stop people wasting time and confusing others with senseless discussions that lead only to conflict and argument. Those responsible for this confusing teaching must learn to control their imagination. Instead of inventing fanciful stories based on Old Testament genealogies, they should concentrate on the kind of teaching that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 1:8

know . App-132 . if , App-118 . a man . Greek. tis. App-123 . lawfully. Gr nomimos Only here and 2 Timothy 2:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,It is an error to make this verse some kind of license for binding the Mosaic law upon Christians. Nothing could be clearer in the Pauline writings than the fact of the law of Moses having been "taken out of the way," "fulfilled," "abrogated," "nailed to the cross," etc. Paul flatly declared that Christians are "dead to the law by the body of Christ" (Romans 7:4), this having reference, of course, to all requirements of the law in their... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

1 Timothy 1:8. 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 have represented St. Paul as an enemy to the law, he here denies and disproves the charge. The design of the Mosaic law was to direct the conduct of those to whom it was given, to humble them under a sense of their sins, and to lead them to an atoning Saviour; but it could not be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

8. But—"Now we know" (Romans 3:19; Romans 7:14). law is good—in full agreement with God's holiness and goodness. if a man—primarily, a teacher; then, every Christian. use it lawfully—in its lawful place in the Gospel economy, namely, not as a means of a "'righteous man" attaining higher perfection than could be attained by the Gospel alone (1 Timothy 4:8; Titus 1:14), which was the perverted use to which the false teachers put it, but as a means of awakening the sense of sin in the ungodly (1... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-11

A. The task Timothy faced 1:3-11Paul penned these opening words to remind Timothy to correct teachers in the Ephesian church who were majoring on minor matters in their Bible teaching. In so doing he reminded Timothy of his own responsibility as a communicator of God’s truth."That the false teachers were . . . probably elders [of the house-churches in Ephesus] is supported by several items from 1 Timothy: their presuming to be ’teachers of the law’ (1 Timothy 1:7), a responsibility of the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-20

II. TIMOTHY’S MISSION IN EPHESUS 1:3-20In chapter 1 Paul charged Timothy to remain faithful to the task with which Paul had entrusted him in Ephesus. He began by reminding Timothy what that task was and how he should carry out his chief duty. Then he exhorted Timothy to be faithful. He reminded his young protégé of God’s power to transform lives and warned him of the danger of acting contrary to his own spiritually sensitive conscience."The absence of . . . [a thanksgiving] here supports the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:8-11

The Law (Gr. nomos) is profitable if one uses it properly, according to its original intention ("lawfully," Gr. nomimos, a play on words)."Here its ’goodness’ is related to its being used properly, that is, treated as law (intended for the lawless, 1 Timothy 1:9) and not used ’illegitimately’ as a source for myths and endless genealogies, or for ascetic practices." [Note: Ibid., p. 45.] "Thus Paul is saying that the law is not given to apply in some mystical way to people who are already... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

Timothy Reminded of his Commission, and Exhorted to Earnestness1, 2. Salutation. An apostle] St. Peter and St. John, with regard to whose position no question was raised, are content to call themselves presbyters (2 and 3 John, 1 Peter 5:1), but St. Paul usually designates himself as an Apostle owing to the peculiarity of his call to the apostleship which led his adversaries to deny him the title; and for the same reason he claims that he holds his apostleship by the commandment of God the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 1:8-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 1:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 1:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 1:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:3-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Timothy 1:8-11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 1:1-20

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