1 Timothy 1:7 — Meaning and Application

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.

But we know that the law {is} good, if a man use it lawfully;

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,