1 Timothy 1:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”
1 Timothy 1:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Timothy 1:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Timothy 1:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.”
1 Timothy 1:7 — World English Bible
1 Timothy 1:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. ”
1 Timothy 1:7 — American Standard Version
1 Timothy 1:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,”
1 Timothy 1:7 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Timothy 1:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm. ”
1 Timothy 1:7 — Darby Translation
1 Timothy 1:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They would be doctours of the Law, and yet vnderstande not what they speake, neither whereof they affirme.”
1 Timothy 1:7 — Geneva Bible
1 Timothy 1:7 in Context — 1 Timothy 1
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
What Does 1 Timothy 1:7 Mean?
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