(A)wanting to be (B)teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

But we know that (C)the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that (D)law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and (E)rebellious, for the (F)ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and (G)worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the [a](H)sexually immoral, (I)homosexuals, [b](J)slave traders, (K)liars, (L)perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to (M)sound teaching, 11 according to (N)the glorious gospel of (O)the blessed God, with which I have been (P)entrusted.

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:10 Or fornicators
  2. 1 Timothy 1:10 Or kidnappers

They want to be teachers(A) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.(B)

We know that the law is good(C) if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous(D) but for lawbreakers and rebels,(E) the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine(F) 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.(G)

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