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.

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Understanding

General references

Job 38:2

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

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But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

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

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

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

I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.

Understanding

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

"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. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"

Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

General references

"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher,