Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
From which—namely, from a pure heart, good conscience, and faith unfeigned, the well-spring of love.
having swerved—literally, "having missed the mark (the 'end') to be aimed at." It is translated, "erred," I Timothy 6:21; II Timothy 2:18. Instead of aiming at and attaining the graces above named, they "have turned aside (I Timothy 5:15; II Timothy 4:4; Hebrews 12:13) unto vain jangling"; literally, "vain talk," about the law and genealogies of angels (I Timothy 1:7; Titus 3:9; Titus 1:10); I Timothy 6:20, "vain babblings and oppositions." It is the greatest vanity when divine things are not truthfully discussed (Romans 1:21) [BENGEL].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Timothy 1:6:
1 Timothy 1:4
1 Timothy 1:5
1 Timothy 1:7
1 Timothy 4:7
1 Timothy 6:20-21
1 Timothy 6:21
2 Timothy 4:4
Titus 1:10
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