15. all things —external, "are pure" in themselves; the distinction of pure and impure is not in the things, but in the disposition of him who uses them; in opposition to "the commandments of men" ( :- ), which forbade certain things as if impure intrinsically. "To the pure" inwardly, that is, those purified in heart by faith ( Acts 15:9 ; Romans 14:20 ; 1 Timothy 4:3 ), all outward things are pure; all are open to, their use. Sin alone touches and defiles the soul ( Matthew 23:26 ; Luke 11:41 ). nothing pure —either within or without ( Romans 14:23 ). mind —their mental sense and intelligence. conscience —their moral consciousness of the conformity or discrepancy between their motives and acts on the one hand, and God's law on the other. A conscience and a mind defiled are represented as the source of the errors opposed in the Pastoral Epistles ( 1 Timothy 1:19 ; 1 Timothy 3:9 ; 1 Timothy 6:5 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-16" class="com-number"
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