Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”
1 Timothy 1:7 - Easy To Read Version Those people want to be teachers of the law. {\cf2\super [2]} But they don’t know what they are talking about. They don’t even understand the things that they say they are sure about. 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. |
Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know \{where John’s authority came from\}.”
After three days they found him. Jesus was sitting in the temple {\cf2\super [42]} area with the religious teachers, listening and asking them questions.
Then some men came \{to Antioch\} from Judea. They began teaching the non-Jewish brothers: “You cannot be saved if you are not circumcised. {\cf2\super [296]} Moses taught us to do this.”
Tell me this one thing: How did you receive the Spirit {\cf2\super [19]} ? Did you receive the Spirit by following the law {\cf2\super [20]} ? No! You received the Spirit because you heard \{the Good News {\cf2\super [21]} \} and believed it.
Does God give you the Spirit because you follow the law? No! Does God work miracles {\cf2\super [22]} among you because you follow the law? No! God gives you his Spirit and works miracles among you because you heard \{the Good News\} and believed it.
Some of you people still want to be under the law \{of Moses\}. Tell me, do you know what the law says?
Those people are proud of what they know, but they understand nothing. Those people are sick with a love for arguing and fighting about words. And that brings jealousy, quarrels, insults, and evil mistrust.
Those women always try to learn \{new teachings\}, but they are never able to fully understand the truth.
My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers. Why? Because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly than other people.
But these false teachers speak evil against things they don’t understand. These false teachers are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, these false teachers will be destroyed.