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wantingθέλοντεςto beεἶναιteachers of the law,νομοδιδάσκαλοιthough they understandνοοῦντεςneitherμὴ μήτεwhatἃthey are sayingλέγουσινnorμήτεthe thingsτίνωνabout whichπερὶthey make confident assertions.διαβεβαιοῦνται
1 Timothy 1:7
Study it in the app“wanting to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they are saying nor the things about which they make confident assertions.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Timothy 1:7, word by word
- wantingθέλοντεςthelontes
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelontes” appears- to beεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- teachers of the lawνομοδιδάσκαλοιnomodidaskaloi
teacher of the law
Teacher of the law.
Where else “nomodidaskaloi” appears- though they understandνοοῦντεςnoountes
understand
To grasp, realize.
Where else “noountes” appears- they are sayingλέγουσινlegousin
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousin” appears- they make confident assertionsδιαβεβαιοῦνταιdiabebaiountai
insist, affirm
Affirm confidently, insist that something is true.
Where else “diabebaiountai” appears
The context
6Some who have missed the mark in these things have turned aside to empty talk,
7 · This verse (above)
8Now we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,