1 Timothy 1:7
seeking to become teachers of the law, while they understand not what they speak, nor that concerning which they contend.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In Context
6And from them that have erred, and have declined to vain words,
8But we know that the law is good, if a man according to the law converse in it;
Cross References
Matthew 15:14Leave them: they are blind leaders of the blind; but if a blind man shall lead a blind man, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, That who sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but if he swear by the gold which is in the temple, he is liable!
John 9:40And some of the Pharishee who were with him heard these (words), and they said to him, Are we blind also?
Romans 1:22And while thinking in themselves that they were wise, they were fools.
Galatians 3:2This only would I know from you: Through the works of the law received you the Spirit, or through 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 →