1 Timothy 1:5

5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 1:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
ESV
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
NLT
5 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.
MSG
5 The whole point of what we're urging is simply love - love uncontaminated by self-interest and counterfeit faith, a life open to God.
CSB
5 Now the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 1:5 In-Context

3 As 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
4 or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith.
5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 2 Timothy 2:22
  • 2. S Acts 23:1; 1 Timothy 4:2
  • 3. Galatians 5:6; 2 Timothy 1:5
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