1 Timothy 1:6

“Some who have missed the mark in these things have turned aside to empty talk,”

1 Timothy 1:6 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Timothy 1:6, word by word

who have missed the markἀστοχήσαντεςastochēsantes

miss the mark, stray

Miss the mark; hence go astray, swerve.

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have turned asideἐξετράπησανexetrapēsan

turn aside

Go another way; shun.

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empty talkματαιολογίανmataiologian

empty talk

Empty talk: speaking much without sense.

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The context

5But the goal of the instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith.

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7wanting to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they are saying nor the things about which they make confident assertions.

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