1Ti 1:6, 5:15, 2Ti 4:4 | JFB | e4.org | 6. 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," . Instead of aiming at and attaining the graces above named, they "have turned aside ( ) unto vain jangling"; literally, "vain talk," about the law and genealogies of angels ( ); , "vain babblings and oppositions." It is the greatest vanity when divine things are not truthfully discussed ( ) [BENGEL ].

‏ 1 Timothy 1:6

6. 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," 1Ti 6:21; 2Ti 2:18. Instead of aiming at and attaining the graces above named, they "have turned aside (1Ti 5:15; 2Ti 4:4; Heb 12:13) unto vain jangling"; literally, "vain talk," about the law and genealogies of angels (1Ti 1:7; Tit 3:9; 1:10); 1Ti 6:20, "vain babblings and oppositions." It is the greatest vanity when divine things are not truthfully discussed (Ro 1:21) [BENGEL].

‏ 1 Timothy 5:15

15. For—For in the case of some this result has already ensued; "Some (widows) are already turned aside after Satan," the seducer (not by falling away from the faith in general, but) by such errors as are stigmatized in 1Ti 5:11-13, sexual passion, idleness, &c., and so have given occasion of reproach (1Ti 5:14). "Satan finds some mischief still for the idle hands to do."

‏ 2 Timothy 4:4

4. The ear brooks not what is opposed to the man's lusts.

turned—Greek, "turned aside" (1Ti 1:6). It is a righteous retribution, that when men turn away from the truth, they should be turned to fables (Jer 2:19).

fables— (1Ti 1:4).