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


In Context

4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith; so do.

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 to vain jangling;

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

8 But we know that the law is good, if a man useth 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 man-slayers,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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