They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

But we know that the law is good, provided one uses it legitimately.

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.