1 Timothy 1:7
King James Version (KJV)
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In context
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,
1 Timothy 1:7 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
- WEB World English Bible
- desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
- ASV American Standard Version
- desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,
- DBY Darby Translation
- desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor concerning what they affirm.