1 Timothy 1:5

1 Timothy 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
• English Standard Version (ESV)The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,
• New Living Translation (NLT)The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.

Context of 1 Timothy 1:5

3As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer 4or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. 7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

1 Timothy 1:5 word by word

τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας ἐστὶν ἀγάπη ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• the endτέλοςtelos · goal/taxG5056
• of the commandmentπαραγγελίαparaggelia · orderG3852
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• charityἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• a pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• a goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• conscienceσυνείδησιςsuneidēsis · conscienceG4893
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• unfeignedἀνυπόκριτοςanupokritos · genuineG505

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 1:5

• Romans 10:4Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
• Romans 13:8Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
• Galatians 5:13You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
• 1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• Mark 12:28One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
• Romans 14:15If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.
• 1 Corinthians 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.
• 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
• 1 Corinthians 14:1Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• 2 Peter 1:7and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
• Psalms 24:4The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.
• Psalms 51:10Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
• Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
• Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Matthew 12:35A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Now the end of the commandment is charity - These genealogical questions lead to strife and debate; and the dispensation of God leads to love both to God and man, through faith in Christ. These genealogical questions leave the heart under the influence of all its vile tempers and evil propensities; Faith in Jesus purifies the heart. No inquiry of this kind can add to any thing by which the guilt of sin can be taken away; but the Gospel proclaims pardon…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Now the end of the commandment - see the notes on Romans 10:4. In order that Timothy might fulfil the design of his appointment, it was necessary that he should have a correct view of the design of the law. The teachers to whom he refers insisted much on its obligation and importance; and Paul designs to say that he did not intend to teach that the law was of no consequence, and was not, when properly understood, obligatory. Its nature and use, however…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 Whatever tends to weaken love to God, or love to the brethren, tends to defeat the end of the commandment. The design of the gospel is answered, when sinners, through repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ, are brought to exercise Christian love. And as believers were righteous persons in God's appointed way, the law was not against them. But unless we are made righteous by faith in Christ, really repenting and forsaking sin, we are…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The goal of our instruction: Paul intends to encourage a life committed to God that comes from sincere faith and spiritual renewal (see Titus 3:5; see also 1 Corinthians 13:1–13; Colossians 3:14). In 1 Timothy and Titus, references to a clear conscience contrast with the false teachers’ dead consciences (for example, 1 Timothy 1:19; 4:2; Titus 1:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. But--in contrast to the doctrine of the false teachers. the end--the aim. the commandment--Greek, "of the charge" which you ought to urge on your flock. Referring to the same Greek word as in 1Ti 1:3, 18; here, however, in a larger sense, as including the Gospel "dispensation of God" (see on 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 1:11), which was the sum and substance of the "charge" committed to Timothy wherewith he should "charge" his flock. charity--LOVE; the sum and end of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 1:5

• Charitableness
• Conscience
• Faith
• Heart
• Holiness
• Integrity
• Law
• Love
• Minister, Christian
• Purity
• Sincerity
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Acceptation
• Blasphemer
• Charity
• Conscience
• Heed
• Immortal
• Save
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Unfeigned
• pure, purify, purification

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings