1 Timothy

1 Timothy 1:7

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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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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.