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

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

To

However some that arrived from Judea, told the Gentile converts, unless you are circumcised agreeably to the law of Moses, you cannot be saved.

you think you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

this one thing I desire to know of you, did you receive the spirit by the works of the law, or by the gospel preach'd to you?

But tell me, you that are so willing to be under the law, why don't you consider the law?

for I testify to every man that is circumcised, that he is under an obligation to perform the whole law.

For there are many, especially among the Jews, who are obstinate, vain talkers and deceivers;

Understanding

he is full of pride and ignorance, touch'd with a spirit of chicanery and wrangling, productive of envy, contention, calumny,

let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

so they made answer, we cannot tell. and Jesus said, neither shall I tell you, by what authority I do these things.

wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.

Nicodemus answered, how can that be?

some of the Pharisees who were then present hearing this, said to him, are we likewise blind?

pretending to be wise, they became fools:

and by lending an assiduous ear to such lessons, render it impossible they should ever be acquainted with the truth.

But as for these, they have no more reason than brute beasts that are naturally made for hunting, and slaughter: so these who calumniate what they do not understand, shall receive the reward of their iniquity by perishing in their own corruption.

General references

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.