1 Timothy 1:9 (WEB)
as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Fathers and councils · 14
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Because “the law was not established for righteous men.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Thus the Saviour’s birth of a parentage not admitted by the law appears to us monstrous, until we attend to that declaration of the Apostle, “The Law was not given for the righteous, but for the unrighteous.” [1 Tim 1:9]” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“For the law is not made for a righteous man but for the unrighteous.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.24Conference VIII
“…and therefore “the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous, and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the wicked and profane.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.29Conference XXI
“…that the law is not appointed for the righteous but for the unrighteous and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the wicked and defiled, etc.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9, 10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The law is not made for a righteous man,” says the Apostle.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
Read the whole comment“But “He hath set a law,” hath been said, as though it were a yoke upon sinners, whence hath been said, “For upon a just man law hath not been imposed.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
Read the whole comment“What mean then the words, “Take ye away the stone”?” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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John Chrysostom
“For that animal too is said to destroy the mother that is in travail with her, and eating through her belly, thus to come forth unto light; which kind of thing these men also did being “murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers,”and destroying their instructors with their own hands.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
Read the whole comment““For,” saith he, “a law is not made for a righteous man.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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Basil the Great
“For it is written “But when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 28. i.e. Because the Son then shall be subjected, He is previously ἀνυπότακτος, not as being “disobedient” (1 Tim. i. 9), or “unruly” (Tit. i. 6,…
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Ambrose of Milan
“Lastly, the law is not laid down for the just but for the unjust.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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Clement of Alexandria
““For the law is not made for the just man,” says the Scripture.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore also the commandments, according to the Law, and before the Law, not given to the upright (for the law is not appointed for a righteous man), ordained that he should receive eternal life and the blessed prize, who chose them.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. i. 9.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.29.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.24.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:3–6 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:3–6 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:3–6 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.2.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.5.