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 1:15
1:15 This saying 2 is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” – and I am the worst of them! 3
1 tn The Greek reinforces this negation: “understand neither what they are saying nor the things they insist on…”
2 tn Grk “the saying,” referring to the following citation (see 1 Tim 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11; Titus 3:8 for other occurrences of this phrase).
3 tn Grk “of whom I am the first.”