The End of the Commandment

Getting back to our chapter in 1 Tim. 1, I believe verse 5 stands out prominently and has a peculiar attraction. You read it and meditate upon it, and then as you feel constrained to come back to it again and again, you realize something of its depth. It seems to be a grand summing up of all that the Apostle has taught before. This epistle is one of his last, evidently coming after the letters to the various churches, or assemblies. So on account of this it demands our special attention and consideration.
Verse 5 refers to "the end of the commandment." It is perhaps better translated, "The end of what is enjoined." Unlike the law, we do not have specific commandments in the New Testament, but it is simply as in John 15, abiding in Him and His words abiding in us.