Bible Passage Scripture Block

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

We know that the law is good if applied justly, and it is not for the obedient, but rather for the lawbreakers and disobedient. The same that are ungodly, sinners, unholy, profane, those who strike their parents, murderers, sexually immoral, practicing homosexuality, slave-trading, liars, perjurers, and anything else contrary to sound doctrine and not aligning with the gospel of the glory of God with which I [Paul] have been sent to preach.

Paul’s instructions to the young preacher Timothy, ending chap 1 with two named individuals that were engaged in false teaching and as a result made a “shipwreck of their faith” and have been “handed over to Satan to learn…”