1 Timothy 1:8 Cross References - WNT

⁸ Now we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it in the way it should be used,

¹² So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good. ¹³ Did then a thing which is good become death to me? No, indeed, but sin did; so that through its bringing about death by means of what was good, it might be seen in its true light as sin, in order that by means of the Commandment the unspeakable sinfulness of sin might be plainly shown.

¹⁶ But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,

¹⁸ For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not.

²² For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;

² And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is--that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.

²¹ God, however, is only one. Is the Law then opposed to the promises of God? No, indeed; for if a Law had been given which could have conferred Life, righteousness would certainly have come by the Law.

⁵ And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules.