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1 Timothy 1:7

The law

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;

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,

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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.

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