1 Timothy 1:9-10
9 Knowing [eido] this, [touto] that [hoti] the law [nomos] is [keimai] not [ou] made [keimai] for a righteous man, [dikaios] but [de] for the lawless [anomos] and [kai] disobedient, [anupotaktos] for the ungodly [asebes] and [kai] for sinners, [hamartolos] for unholy [anosios] and [kai] profane, [bebelos] for murderers of fathers [patraloas] and [kai] murderers of
mothers, [metraloas]
for manslayers, [androphonos]
10 For whoremongers, [pornos] for them that defile themselves with mankind, [arsenokoites] for menstealers, [andrapodistes] for liars, [pseustes] for perjured persons, [epiorkos] and [kai] if there be any [ei tis]
other thing [heteros]
that is contrary [antikeimai] to sound [hugiaino] doctrine; [didaskalia] KJV-Interlinear
9 realizing the fact that law is
not made for a righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for
the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their
fathers or mothers, for murderers
10 and immoral men and
homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is
contrary to sound teaching, NASB
If anyone could live a
perfect life, then for whom would the Law have been created?
The law here is a
reference to the Ten Commandments in part.
Paul will list several transgressions which in part refers to the sins
of man against God, and man against man.
God created the perfect
standard. All rules of law, all rules differentiating right from wrong, came
originally from God.
Man is incapable of
creating his own standards.Look at the
legislation of human governments throughout history. Even in our present day, legislation of laws
ranges to the absurd.While one party or
another constantly tries to create laws or legislation that is favorable to
them.The counter part of that is that
the same laws are unfavorable to others.
Mans efforts are filled
with power lusts, unfairness, bias, favoritism, and so forth.
So, God created the Law
from truth.And from truth, came mans
indictment for mans failure to live up to the demands of the Law. Therefore, if the Law was made for sinners,
and if humanity is nothing but sinners, then there is no one who can rise above
the Law.
Paul begins with mans
rebellion against God.
The lawless, anomos, stands for those who have no interest in or no commitment
to the laws or standards of society.
This leads to rebellion.Ungodly,
asebes, refers to people who have no regard for
anything sacred.
Of these first two
categories, they are sinners. They have
no regard for rules or law, because they have no regard
for God or anything thing that carries the connotation of perfection that
exists outside of the sphere of man.
They reject truth.
The second pair of
related flaws is unholy and profane.Unholy
means to be indifferent toward God or anything that is holy. That leads to profanity, or the mental and
verbal or even overt trampling of anything of a spiritual nature. And that means Christian nature, not false religions
that claim spirituality. For false religions are an example
of profanity against what is truth.And
as for atheists, then it refers to their rejection of all manner of beliefs.
Lawlessness results in
rebellion against truth, and that produces ungodliness, sinners, indifference,
and blasphemy against truth, or anything related to truth.
The Law was made for
such people.By rejecting truth, they
see no need for their own salvation, or they figure that they can define their
own destiny, without God.
The rest of Paul s list
in these two verses, comes from the second half of the
Ten Commandments.
To kill ones father and
mother is a reference to the dishonoring of ones
parents, the fifth commandment.
Manslayers
is a reference murderers,
the sixth commandment.
Immoral
men is a reference to
violations of the legitimate marriage bed, the seventh commandment.
Kidnappers
is a reference to theft,
the eighth commandment.
Liars and perjurers is
a reference to the ninth commandment.
And then Paul ends his
list with a catch all, whatever else, just to cover all of the bases with
regard to sin and evil in humanity.
And all of these things
are violations of sound doctrine.
Sound, hugiaino, refers to hygiene, and is a
reference to that which is clean, pure, healthy and wholesome.
And the wholesome
instruction in life comes only from Bible doctrine.
Those who reject it are
unclean, filthy, dirty, unwholesome. And unless you wash yourself, you cannot get
clean.Doctrine is the only water that
cleanses the filth of sin and evil, away from ones
life.And this is only possible because
Christ did the work that paved the way for cleaning up humanity.
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