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Nowδὲwe knowΟἴδαμενthatὅτιthe lawὁ νόμοςis goodκαλὸςifἐάνoneτιςusesχρῆταιitαὐτῷlawfully,νομίμως
1 Timothy 1:8
Study it in the app“Now we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Timothy 1:8, word by word
- we knowΟἴδαμενOidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oidamen” appears- the lawνόμοςnomos
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomos” appears- is goodκαλὸςkalos
beautiful
Lovely to look at.
Where else “kalos” appears- usesχρῆταιchrētai
use
To make use of something for a purpose.
Where else “chrētai” appears- lawfullyνομίμωςnomimōs
lawfully, rightly
Lawfully, rightly: in the way the law intends.
Where else “nomimōs” appears
The context
7wanting to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they are saying nor the things about which they make confident assertions.
8 · This verse (above)
9knowing this, that law is not laid down for a righteous person but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and those who kill their mothers, for murderers,