1 Timothy 1:7

New International Reader's Version

They want to be teachers of the law. And they are very sure about that law. But they don’t know what they are talking about.

Cross References

Matthew 15:14

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 21:27

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I am doing these things either.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him in the temple courtyard. He was sitting with the teachers. He was listening to them and asking them questions.

Acts 15:1

Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch. Here is what they were teaching the believers. “Moses commanded you to be circumcised,” they said. “If you aren’t, you can’t be saved.”

Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves.

Galatians 3:2

I would like to learn just one thing from you. Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law? Or did you receive the Spirit by believing what you heard?

Galatians 3:5

So I ask you again, how does God give you his Spirit? How does he work miracles among you? Is it by doing what the law says? Or is it by believing what you have heard?

Galatians 4:21

You who want to be under the authority of the law, tell me something. Don’t you know what the law says?

1 Timothy 6:4

Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.

2 Timothy 3:7

They are always learning. But they are never able to come to know the truth.

James 3:1

My brothers and sisters, most of you shouldn’t become teachers. That’s because you know that those of us who teach will be held more accountable.

2 Peter 2:12

These people speak evil about things they don’t understand. They are like wild animals who can’t think. Instead, they do what comes naturally to them. They are born only to be caught and destroyed. Just like animals, these people too will die.