They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

想要作教法师，却不明白自己所讲说的所论定的。

想要作律法教师，却不明白自己所讲的是什么，也不知道所主张的是什么。

想要作律法教师，却不明白自己所讲的是什么，也不知道所主张的是什么。

他们想做律法教师，却不明白自己所谈论所主张的。

想要作律法教师，却不明白自己讲的是什么，主张的又是什么。

想要做律法教师，却不明白自己所讲的，或所强调的是为了什么。

想要作教法師，卻不明白自己所講說的所論定的。

想要作律法教師，卻不明白自己所講的是甚麼，也不知道所主張的是甚麼。

想要作律法教師，卻不明白自己所講的是甚麼，也不知道所主張的是甚麼。

他們想做律法教師，卻不明白自己所談論所主張的。

想要作律法教師，卻不明白自己講的是甚麼，主張的又是甚麼。

想要做教法師，卻不但不了悟明白自己所說的話，而且不明白所堅確講論定的事。

想要做律法教師，卻不明白自己所講的，或所強調的是為了什麼。

欲為律師而不明其所言、並所論定者、

欲為教法師、而不自悟所言所辨、

欲為教法師、而自不知所言及所論定者、

若輩好為律學之師、實則懵然不自知其所云、更不識其所信口論列者之為何物也。

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

They want to be teachers of the law. And they are very sure about that law. But they don’t know what they are talking about.

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

They want to be known as teachers of the law of Moses, but they don’t know what they are talking about, even though they speak so confidently.

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

desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.

They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.

Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

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.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

But these people, like irrational animals— creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed— slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.

he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party.It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard—

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,an instructor of the ignorant, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and truth in the law—you then, who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach,“ You must not steal”— do you steal?

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law.You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him,“ We aren’t blind too, are we?”“ If you were blind,” Jesus told them,“ you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say,‘ We see,’ your sin remains.

“ How can you claim,‘ We are wise; the law of the LORD is with us’? In fact, the lying pen of scribes has produced falsehood.The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom do they really have?

“ How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.“ Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.

“ Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘ Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the temple is bound by his oath.’Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?Also,‘ Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.The one who takes an oath by the temple takes an oath by it and by him who dwells in it.And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by him who sits on it.“ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law— justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!

The Lord said: These people approach me with their speeches to honor me with lip-service, yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers,“ Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

So they answered Jesus,“ We don’t know.” And he said to them,“ Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.