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1 Timothy 1:6

1 Timothy 1:6
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

From which some having swerved,.... The apostle, in this verse and the next, describes the persons he suspected of teaching other doctrines, and of introducing fables and endless genealogies; they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

From which some having swerved - Margin, “not aiming at.” The word here used - ἀστοχέω astocheō - means properly, to miss the mark; to err; and then, to swerve from compare 1Ti 6:21; 2Ti 2:18. It…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

From which some having swerved - From which some, though they have pretended to aim at the τελος, scope, or mark, have missed that mark. This is the import of the original word αστοχησαντες.

Turned…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Timothy 1:5-11

Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from which Plural from which things, that is the love and its threefold helpers, in the grace, the life, and the creed.

having swerved Lit. -having missed the mark," another of the words peculiar to…