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

2 Timothy 1:11

Bible References

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But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved."

and are confident that you yourself are a darkness,

Answer me this one question. "When you received the Spirit, was it from doing what the Law commands or from believing the message heard?"

Tell me, you who wish to be subject to the Law, why do you not listen to the Law?

I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.

For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;

Understanding

he is puffed up with conceit and knows nothing, but is doting about disputations and a strife of words. These give rise to envy, quarrels, railings, evil suspicions,

"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.

"Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, If any one swears by the Sanctuary, it is nothing, but if any one swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, the oath is binding.

"How can this be?" said Nicodemus in reply.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

While they professed to be wise, they became fools,

and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth.

But these men, like irrational creatures, mere animals, born to be taken and destroyed, continually rail about matters of which they know nothing. In their corruption they will surely be destroyed,

General references

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.