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1 Timothy 1:7

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7wanting to be teachers of the law, although they* do not understand either the things which they are saying or the things concerning which they are speaking confidently.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“understand”) which is understood as concessive

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

NLTNew Living Translation

They want to be known as teachers of the law of Moses, but they don’t know what they are talking about, even though they speak so confidently.

KJV 1900King James Version

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