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 1:13

1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ²  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 4:14

4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, ³  given to you and confirmed by prophetic words ⁴  when the elders laid hands on you. ⁵ 

[1:7]  ¹ tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”

[1:13]  ² tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”

[4:14]  ³ tn Grk “in you.”

[4:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “which was given to you through prophecy.” Here as in 2:15 the preposition “through” denotes not “means” but accompanying circumstances: “accompanied by prophecy.”

[4:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery” (i.e., the council of elders).