1 Timothy 1:6

1 Timothy 1:6

4 ^anor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

5 Now ^athe purpose of the commandment is love ^bfrom a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from¹ sincere faith,

6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to ^aidle talk,

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

8 But we know that the law is ^agood if one uses it lawfully,

9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Having swerved (astoxhsantev). First aorist active participle of astoxew, compound Koin‚ verb (Polybius, Plutarch) from astoxov (a privative and stoxov, a mark), "having missed the mark." In N.T. only here, I Timothy 6:21; II Timothy 2:18. With the ablative case wn (which).

Have turned aside (ecetraphsan). Second aorist passive indicative of ektrepw, old and common verb, to turn or twist out or aside. In medical sense in Hebrews 12:13. As metaphor in I Timothy 1:6; I Timothy 6:20; II Timothy 4:4.

Vain talking (mataiologian). Late word from mataiologov, only here in N.T., in the literary Koin‚.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 1:6:**

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1 Timothy 6:20
1 Timothy 6:21
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Titus 1:10
Hebrews 12:13

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