Key Verse Spotlight
1 Timothy 1:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:”
1 Timothy 1:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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,
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: {so do}.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; {having...: or, not aiming at}
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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