If a man use it lawfully (εαν τις αυτω χρητα). Condition of third class with εαν and present middle subjunctive of χραομα with ins…

But we know that the law is good. We admit this; it is what we all concede. This declaration is evidently made by the apostle to guard aga…

But we know.—Or better, Now we know: a strong expression of his knowledge, learned in the school of the Holy Spi…

In its own place it has its own uses, and these are most important.

Having identified the false teachers at Ephesus as self-appointed teachers of the Law of Moses, the apostle now points out the true purpose of that…

Now we know that the law is good. He again anticipates the slander which they heaped upon him; for, whenever he resisted their empty displ…

But we know that the law is good
The apostle says this to prevent an objection that might be made to him, that seein…

Whatever tends to weaken love for God, or love for fellow believers, tends to defeat the purpose of the commandment. The purpose of the gospel is f…

1. Above, he showed the value and usefulne of the virtues; here, he explains why they are needed. Specifically, whoever lacks them is in dan…