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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main teaching. Here Paul explains the purpose of what he is commanding Timothy.
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# the commandment
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Here this does not mean the Old Testament or the Ten Commandments but rather the instructions that Paul gives in [1 Timothy 1:3-4](./03.md).
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# is love
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Possible meanings are 1) "is to love God" or 2) "is to love people."
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# from a pure heart
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Here "pure" means the person does not have hidden motives to do wrong. Here "heart" refers to a person's mind and thoughts. AT: "from a mind that is honest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# good conscience
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"a conscience that chooses right instead wrong"
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# sincere faith
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"genuine faith" or "a faith without hypocrisy"
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# Some people have missed the mark
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Paul speaks of faith in Christ as if it were a target at which to aim. Paul means that some people are not fulfilling the purpose of their faith, which is to love as he just explained in 1:5. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# have turned away from these things
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Here "turned away" is an idiom that means they have stopped doing what God has commanded. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# teachers of the law
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Here "law" refers to the law of Moses.
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# but they do not understand
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"even though they do not understand" or "and yet they do not understand"
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# what they so confidently affirm
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"what they so confidently state is true"
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# we know that the law is good
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"we understand that the law is useful" or "we understand that the law is beneficial"
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# if one uses it lawfully
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"if a person uses it correctly" or "if a person uses it the way God intended"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/purify]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/conscience]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/turn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teacher]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lawful]] |