1 Timothy 1:7

1:7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. ¹ 

1 Timothy 4:1

Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times

4:1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves ²  with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, ³ 

¹ tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”

² tn Or “desert the faith by occupying themselves.”

³ tn Grk “teachings of demons” (speaking of the source of these doctrines).