1 Timothy 1:7

⁵ The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

⁶ Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

⁸ Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

⁹ We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
KJV: Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
WEB: desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.
ASV: desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
DARBY: desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.
BLB: wanting to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor [that] about which they confidently assert.

ÅB: idet de vil være lovlærere, enda de hverken skjønner det som de sier, eller de ting som de så selvsikkert taler om.
OTB: de ønsker å være lærere av loven, selv om de ikke forstår hva de sier eller emnene de kommer med selvsikre påstander om.
B1930: idet de vil være lovlærere, enda de hverken skjønner det som de sier, eller de ting som de så selvsikkert taler om.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 1:22
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
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2 Peter 2:12
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
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1 Timothy 6:4
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
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Galatians 3:5
Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
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Galatians 5:3–4
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
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Galatians 3:2
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
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Romans 2:19–21
if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
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2 Timothy 3:7
who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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