1 Timothy 1:7
desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In Context
6which [things] some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,
8Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13And the Lord saith, Forasmuch as this people draw near with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is removed far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men;
Matthew 15:14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
John 9:40And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
Romans 1:22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Galatians 3:2This only I wish to learn of you, Have ye received the Spirit on the principle of works of law, or of [the] report 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 →