1 Timothy

1 Timothy 1:6–7

⁶Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk. ⁷They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

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1 Timothy 1:6

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Some	τινες	tines	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G5100 any one, some one
have strayed	ἀστοχήσαντες	astochēsantes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G795 I miss the mark, miss my aim, make a false aim
from	ὧν	hōn	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Plural	G3739 who, which, what, that
turned aside	ἐξετράπησαν	exetrapēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G1624 I turn aside, wander, forsake
to	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
empty talk	ματαιολογίαν	mataiologian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3150 foolish talking

1 Timothy 1:7

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They want	θέλοντες	thelontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2309 I will, wish, desire
to be	εἶναι	einai	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G1510 I am, exist
teachers of the law	νομοδιδάσκαλοι	nomodidaskaloi	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3547 a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law
they do not understand	νοοῦντες	noountes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3539 I understand, consider
what	ἃ	ha	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3739 who, which, what, that
they are saying	λέγουσιν	legousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3004 I say, speak
which	τίνων	tinōn	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G5101 who, which, what
they so confidently assert	διαβεβαιοῦνται	diabebaiountai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G1226 I assert emphatically

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Timothy 1:6 Titus 1:10 · 2 Timothy 2:23–24 · 1 Timothy 6:20–21 · Titus 3:9 · 1 Timothy 5:15 · 2 Timothy 2:18 · 2 Timothy 4:10 · 1 Timothy 6:4–5

1 Timothy 1:7 Romans 1:22 · 2 Peter 2:12 · 1 Timothy 6:4 · Galatians 3:5 · Galatians 5:3–4 · Romans 2:19–21 · Galatians 3:2 · 2 Timothy 3:7 · Titus 1:10–11 · Matthew 15:14 · John 9:40–41 · Galatians 4:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.