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Confidence vs. Competence
Commentators observe that the false teachers were marked by extreme confidence and bold assertions. However, this confidence was a mask for their profound ignorance. Scholars like Calvin and Gill note that it's a common trait of false teachers to be most dogmatic about things they understand the least, speaking with great authority on matters where they lack true knowledge.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 1:7
18th Century
Theologian
Desiring to be teachers of the law. That is, to have the credit and reputation of being well versed in the law of Moses, and qualified to …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 1:7
19th Century
Bishop
Desiring to be teachers of the law.—Desiring, though they really were not. They coveted the respect and influence that wa…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Timothy 1:5–7
19th Century
Preacher
There were some who put the law into its wrong place. They made it a way of salvation, which it never was meant to be, and never can be. It is a wa…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 1:7
Paul criticizes these would-be teachers of the Law heavily. His verdict was: “They do not know what they are talking about or what they so confiden…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 1:7
16th Century
Theologian
Wishing to be teachers of the law. He does not reprove those who openly attack the instruction of the law, but rather those who boast of b…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 1:7
17th Century
Pastor
Desiring to be teachers of the law
They were very fond of being called Rabbi, Rabbi, and styled doctors of the law, …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 1:5–11
17th Century
Minister
Whatever tends to weaken love for God, or love for fellow believers, tends to defeat the purpose of the commandment. The purpose of the gospel is f…