1 Timothy 1:5

The aim of Paul's instruction is love flowing from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith. It shows that right doctrine is meant to produce genuine love, not mere argument.

Cross-references · 38

• 1 Tim 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• 2 Tim 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• Gal 5:13–14For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
• 2 Tim 1:5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
• 2 Tim 1:3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
• Mark 12:28–34And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
• 1 Pet 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• 1 Pet 3:16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
• Rom 10:4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
• 1 Pet 3:21The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
• 2 Pet 1:7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
• 1 Tim 3:9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
• Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• 2 Cor 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
• Rom 13:8–10Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
• Acts 23:1And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
• 1 Jn 4:7–14Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
• 1 Pet 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
• Matt 12:35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Acts 24:16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
• Matt 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
• 1 Cor 8:1–3Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
• 1 Cor 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
• Heb 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Rom 14:15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
• Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Ps 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Rom 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
• Jas 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• 1 Jn 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• 1 Jn 3:23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
• Gal 5:6For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
• Heb 13:18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
• Jer 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Heb 11:5–6By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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