New Living Translation
1 Timothy 1:10
10The law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts the wholesome teaching
1 Timothy 1:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)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
- English Standard Version (ESV)the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
- New King James Version (NKJV)for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
Context of 1 Timothy 1:10
8We know that the law is good when used correctly. 9For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders. The law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts the wholesome teaching 11that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God. 12I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him,
Read all of 1 Timothy 11 Timothy 1:10 word by word
πόρνοις, ἀρσενοκοίταις, ἀνδραποδισταῖς, ψεύσταις, ἐπιόρκοις, καὶ εἴ τι ἕτερον τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ ἀντίκειταιRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- For whoremongersπόρνοςpornos · sexual sinnerG4205
- for them that defile themselves with mankindἀρσενοκοίτηςarsenokoitēs · sodomiteG733
- for menstealersἀνδραποδιστήςandrapodistēs · slave-traderG405
- for liarsψεύστηςpseustēs · liarG5583
- for perjured personsἐπίορκοςepiorkos · perjurerG1965
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- there beἀντίκειμαιantikeimai · be an opponentG480
- anyτιςtis · oneG5100
- other thingἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
- soundὑγιαίνωhugiainō · be healthyG5198
- doctrineδιδασκαλίαdidaskalia · teachingG1319
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 1:10
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality,
- Galatians 5:19When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
- Ephesians 5:3Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.
- Hebrews 13:4Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.
- Genesis 19:5They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
- Leviticus 18:22“Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
- Leviticus 20:13“If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
- Romans 1:26That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
- Jude 1:7And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.
- Genesis 37:27Instead of hurting him, let’s sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.
- Genesis 40:15For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”
- Exodus 21:16“Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.
- Deuteronomy 24:7“If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
- Revelation 18:13She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, wagons, and bodies—that is, human slaves.
- John 8:44For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 1:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For whoremongers - · Adulterers, fornicators, and prostitutes of all sorts. Them that defile themselves with mankind - · From , a male, and , a bed; a word too bad to be explained. A sodomite. Men-stealers - · Slave-dealers; whether those who carry on the traffic in human flesh and blood; or those who steal a person in order to sell him into bondage; or those who buy such stolen men or women, no matter of what color or what country; or those who sow…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For whoremongers - Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 20:5. For them that defile themselves with mankind - Sodomites. See the evidence that this crime abounded in ancient times, in the notes on Romans 1:27. It was forbidden by the law of Moses, and was punishable with death; Leviticus 20:13. For menstealers - The word here used - ̓͂́ andrapodistēs- occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means one who steals another for the purpose of making him a…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. 10This list shows the main ideas of the false teachers' teachings and their spiritual condition. It also demonstrates how superior the good news is over the law (see Matthew 5:20; Galatians 5:22–23). who is averse to sound teaching: See also 1 Timothy 6:3–4; 2 Timothy 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9, 13; 2:1, 8. This addition to the list is both a final summary and a strong statement. The good news about Jesus now defines what makes a person right with God more…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. whoremongers, &c.--sinners against the seventh commandment. men-stealers--that is, slave dealers. The most heinous offense against the eighth commandment. No stealing of a man's goods can equal in atrocity the stealing of a man's liberty. Slavery is not directly assailed in the New Testament; to have done so would have been to revolutionize violently the existing order of things. But Christianity teaches principles sure to undermine, and at last…Read the comment
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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
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