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|Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

|Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

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|The purpose of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, a good conscience, and true Faith.

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|From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

|From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

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|Some have strayed from it and started blabbering meaninglessly.

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|Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

|Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

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|They want to be teachers of the Law, but they have no understanding of what they say or the point they try to make.

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|But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

|But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

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|We know the Law is good when used lawfully,

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|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,

|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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|and that it does not concern the righteous man: it is made against the lawless and disobedient, against the atheist and the sinners, against the unholy and profane, against the patricides and the matricides, against killers,

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|ungodly translates nicely into 'atheist', but it may be too harsh

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|For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

|For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

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|against pimps, against those who engage in homosexual relations, against kidnappers and slave-traders, against liars, against perjurers, and against everything that is contrary to the sound doctrine

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|'pimp' may be too much but fits within contemporary society

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|According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

|According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

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|described by the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me. 

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