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knowing this: that law is not laid-down[a] for a righteous one but for lawless ones and rebellious ones, ungodly ones and sinful ones, unholy ones and profane[b] ones, father-thrashers[c] and mother-thrashers, man-slayers[d], 10 sexually-immoral ones, homosexuals[e], slave-traders[f], liars, perjurers[g], and if any other thing is contrary to healthy[h] teaching 11 in accordance with the good-news of the glory of the blessed God which I was entrusted.

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:9 Or, set-in-place.
  2. 1 Timothy 1:9 Or, godless, irreligious.
  3. 1 Timothy 1:9 -thrashers. Or, -abusers, -assaulters, -killers. It depends on how extreme a violation of the fifth commandment Paul has in mind.
  4. 1 Timothy 1:9 Or, murderers.
  5. 1 Timothy 1:10 See 1 Cor 6:9.
  6. 1 Timothy 1:10 Or, man-stealers.
  7. 1 Timothy 1:10 Or, oath-breakers.
  8. 1 Timothy 1:10 Or, sound, correct.

We also know that the law is made not for the righteous(A) but for lawbreakers and rebels,(B) the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine(C) 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.(D)

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