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1 Timothy 1:6
from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,
1 Timothy 1:6 · World English Bible
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1 Timothy 1:6 in other translations
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
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In context
3 As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
4 and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.
5 But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,
6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,
7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,
9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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