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1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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εἰδὼςeidōsto perceiveὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to perceive”, a completed action with a present resultG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisὅτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatδικαίῳdikaiōfor a righteous manδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “for a righteous man”, the to- or for-formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “righteous”.for a righteous manνόμοςnomoslawνόμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “law”, the subject formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.κεῖταιkeitaito layκεῖμαι (keimai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to lay”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2749I lie, recline, am placed, am laid, set, specially appointed, destined.ἀνόμοιςanomoisfor the lawlessἄνομος (anomos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “for the lawless”, the to- or for-formG459lawless, wicked, without law.This verse uses “lawless”.for the lawlessδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνυποτάκτοιςanupotaktoisdisobedientἀνυπότακτος (anupotaktos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “disobedient”, the to- or for-formG506not subject to rule, unruly.disobedientἀσεβέσιasebesifor the ungodlyἀσεβής (asebēs)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “for the ungodly”, the to- or for-formG765impious, ungodly, wicked.This verse uses “ungodly”.for the ungodlyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἁμαρτωλοῖςhamartōloisfor sinnersἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “for sinners”, the to- or for-formG268sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable.for sinnersἀνοσίοιςanosioisfor unholyἀνόσιος (anosios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “for unholy”, the to- or for-formG462unholy, profane.for unholyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβεβήλοιςbebēloisprofaneβέβηλος (bebēlos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “profane”, the to- or for-formG952permitted to be trodden, accessible.This verse uses “profane”.profaneπατρολῴαιςpatrolōaisfor murderers of fathersπατρολῴας (patrolōas)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “for murderers of fathers”, the to- or for-formG3964a patricide, a murderer of his father.for murderers of fathersκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμητρολῴαιςmētrolōaismurderers of mothersμητρολῴας (mētrolōas)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “murderers of mothers”, the to- or for-formG3389a matricide, smiter of his mother.murderers of mothersἀνδροφόνοιςandrophonoisfor manslayersἀνδροφόνος (androphonos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “for manslayers”, the to- or for-formG409a murderer, man-slayer.for manslayers

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

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American Standard Version (1901)

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Young’s Literal Translation

having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

World English Bible

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,

Darby Translation

knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to [the] lawless and insubordinate, to [the] impious and sinful, to [the] unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

Douay-Rheims

Knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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