1 Timothy 1:8-10 - 1599 Geneva Bible
8 And we know, that the Law is good, if a man use it lawfully.9 Knowing this, that the Law is not given unto a righteous man, but unto the lawless and disobedient, to the ungodly, and to sinners, to the unholy, and to the profane, to murderers of fathers and mothers, to manslayers,
10 To whoremongers, to buggerers, to menstealers, to liars, to the perjured, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to wholesome doctrine,
Brethren:
God gave the law as a teacher, not to make man righteous for no man is righteous, no, not one. (Read Psalm 14:1-3). Righteousness comes from God, and through the acceptance of the Sacrifice of Christ. God is indeed merciful and filled with Grace. It is only through Christ, that we can know the Father.
R.P. Woitowitz
“The design of the gospel is answered when sinners, through repentance towards God, and faith in Jesus Christ are brought to exercise Christian love. And as believers were righteous persons in God's appointed way, the law was not against them. But unless we are made righteous by faith in Christ, really repenting and forsaking sin we are yet under the curse of the law, even according to the gospel of the blessed God and are unfit to share the holy happiness of heaven.” - Matthew Henry
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