1 Timothy 1:7
because they wolde be doctours the scripture and yet vnderstonde not what they speake nether wherof they affirme.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In Context
6from the which thinges some have erred and have turned vnto vayne iangelinge
8We knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it lawfully
Cross References
Matthew 15:14Let them alone they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde boothe shall fall into the dyche.
Matthew 23:16Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the temple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth.
John 9:40And some of the pharises which were with him hearde these wordes and sayde vnto him: are we then blynde?
Romans 1:22When they counted them selves wyse they became foles
Galatians 3:2This only wolde I learne of you: receaved ye the sprete by the dedes of the lawe or els by preachinge of the 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 →