7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the gospel. I. He shows the end and uses of the law: it is intended to promote love, for love is the fulfilling of the law , Rom. 13:10. 1. The end of the commandment is charity , or love, Rom. 13:8. The…
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