SPECIAL TOPIC: FALSE TEACHERS (characteristics)

These claim to be "teachers of the Law" (cf. 1 Tim. 1:7). There was obviously an element of Judaism involved. They are vividly described in 1 Tim. 1:3-7; 4:2-3,7 and 6:3-10,20-21.

  1. they teach strange doctrines (1 Tim. 1:3; 6:3)
  2. they pay attention to myths and genealogies (1 Tim. 1:4)
  3. they have turned aside to fruitless discussion (1 Tim. 1:6)
  4. they make confident assertions about what they do not understand (1 Tim. 1:7; 6:4)
  5. they are hypocritical liars (1 Tim. 4:2)
  6. they have seared consciences (1 Tim. 4:2)
  7. they forbid marriage (1 Tim. 4:3)
  8. they advocate abstaining from foods (1 Tim. 4:3)
  9. they put forth fables (1 Tim. 4:7)
  10. they are conceited (1 Tim. 6:4)
  11. they have a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words (1 Tim. 6:4)
  12. they cause constant friction (1 Tim. 6:5)
  13. they have false knowledge (1 Tim. 6:20-21)
  14. they have gone astray from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1; 6:21)

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