9Knowing 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,
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Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. …
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the gospel. I. He shows the end and uses of the law: it is intended to promote love, for love is the fulfilling of the law , Rom. 13:10. 1. The end of the commandment is charity , or love, Rom. 13:8. The…
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