⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law, ^(A)without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

⁸ Now we know that ^(B)the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹ understanding this, that the ^(C)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

⁷ desiring to be teachers of the law, ^(A)without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

⁸ Now we know that ^(B)the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, ⁹ understanding this, that the ^(C)law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,