1 Timothy 1:7
desiring to be teachers of the law, but understanding neither the things that they themselves are saying, nor what they are affirming about these things.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In Context
6Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling,
8But we know that the law is good, if one makes use of it properly.
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord said: Since this people have drawn near to me only with their mouth, and their lips glorify me while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is based on the commandments and doctrines of men,
Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind, and they lead the blind. But if the blind are in charge of the blind, both will fall into the pit.”
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
John 9:40And certain Pharisees, who were with him, heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”
Romans 1:22For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish.
Galatians 3:2I wish to know only this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 1:6-12
Timothy Reminded of His Charge. ( a. d. 64.) 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for… Read the whole commentary →