"But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;"
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Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
We are conscious that the law is good, if a man makes a right use of it,
Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
But we know that the law is good, if a man useth it lawfully;
But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
and we have known that the law `is' good, if any one may use it lawfully;