7Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things they say, nor whereof they affirm.


In Context

4 Not to give heed to fables and endless genealogies: which furnish questions rather than the edification of God, which is in faith.

5 Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

6 From which things some going astray, are turned aside unto vain babbling:

7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things 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 the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

1 Timothy 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they so strenuously affirm.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor concerning what they affirm.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.