Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’
1 Timothy 1:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are ambitious to be doctors of the Law (teachers of the Mosaic ritual), but they have no understanding either of the words and terms they use or of the subjects about which they make [such] dogmatic assertions. American Standard Version (1901) desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. Common English Bible They want to be teachers of Law without understanding either what they are saying or what they are talking about with such confidence. Catholic Public Domain Version desiring to be teachers of the law, but understanding neither the things that they themselves are saying, nor what they are affirming about these things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things they say, nor whereof they affirm. |
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’
So they answered Jesus, ‘We don’t know.’ And he said to them, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
After three days, they found him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.’
I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard #– #
he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarrelling, slander, evil suspicions,
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we will receive a stricter judgement.
But these people, like irrational animals #– #creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed #– #slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.