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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Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the custom that Moses handed down, you cannot be saved."

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

I want to ask you only this one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by doing what the law commands, or by believing the message you heard?

Tell me, you who want to be subject to law, will you not listen to what the law says?

I again insist that if any man lets himself be circumcised, he is under obligation to obey the whole law.

For there are many insubordinate people, mere talkers with nothing to say, but deceivers of their own minds, especially those of the circumcision party,

Understanding

he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,

Let them alone. They are blind teachers! And if one blind man guides another, they will both fall into the ditch."

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

A curse on you, you blind leaders who say, 'Whoever swears by the sanctuary is not duty-bound, but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is duty-bound.'

Then Nicodemus answered by asking, "How can this be?"

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

Though claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves,

who are always trying to learn but never able to come to a full knowledge of the truth.

These men, like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct created to be caught and killed, abuse the things that they do not understand, and so by their corruption they will be destroyed, suffering wrong as punishment for their wrongdoing.

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Of this good news I have been appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.