Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
WEB
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
YLT
willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,
DBT
desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Timothy — Paul's first pastoral letter to his son in the faith. Guarding the deposit: sound doctrine, church order, pastoral responsibility.
- Author
- Paul (1:1)
- Date
- c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia after a first release