1 TIMOTHY 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”
the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine — the expanded list extends to include those violating sexual ethics, enslaving others, and corrupting truth itself. Sound doctrine (hygiainō didaskalia) emerges as the positive counterweight to this catalogue of vice.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 1:10
The law, he seems to say, is good, and again, not good. What then? If one use it not lawfully, is it not good? Nay even so it is good. But what he means is this; if any one fulfills it in his actions; for that is to “use it lawfully” as here intended. But when they expound it in their words, and neglect it in their deeds, that is using it unlawfully. For such an one uses it, but not to his own profit. And another way may be named besides. What is it? That the law, if you use…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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