1 Timothy 1:7

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Summary

1 Timothy 1:7

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

To

Understanding

General references

Job 38:2

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

To

Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by

hearing with faith?

Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law?

And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

Understanding

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,

Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their words
And honor Me with their lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.

Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?”

Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed,

General references

“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher.