Key Verse Spotlight
1 Timothy 1:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; {having...: or, not aiming at}”
1 Timothy 1:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: {so do}.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; {having...: or, not aiming at}
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
But we know that the law {is} good, if a man use it lawfully;
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