1 Timoteo 1:6

6 De lo cual distrayéndose algunos, se apartaron á vanas pláticas;

1 Timoteo 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 1:6

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 were such who departed from the above things; they erred from the commandment, or law, notwithstanding their great pretensions to a regard unto it; at least they missed the mark, the end and design of it; they went astray from that, and instead of promoting charity or love, created feuds, contentions, and divisions in the churches; and were far from having a pure heart, being filthy dreamers, and sensual persons, destitute of the Spirit of God, and were such who put away a good conscience, and made shipwreck of faith: such were Hymenaeus, Philetus, Alexander, and others, of whom he also says, they

have turned aside to vain jangling;
which he elsewhere calls empty talk, and vain babblings, ( 1 Timothy 6:20 ) ( 2 Timothy 2:16 ) , from the solid doctrines of the Gospel, and a solid way of handling them, they turned to vain, idle, useless, and unprofitable subjects of discourse, and to treating upon subjects in a vain, jejune, and empty manner; entertaining their hearers with foolish and trifling questions and answers to them about the law, and with strifes about words, which were unserviceable and unedifying; they were unruly and vain talkers, ( Titus 1:10 ) .

1 Timoteo 1:6 In-Context

4 Ni presten atención á fábulas y genealogías sin término, que antes engendran cuestiones que la edificación de Dios que es por fe; así te encargo ahora.

5 Pues el fin del mandamiento es la caridad nacida de corazón limpio, y de buena conciencia, y de fe no fingida:

6 De lo cual distrayéndose algunos, se apartaron á vanas pláticas;

7 Queriendo ser doctores de la ley, sin entender ni lo que hablan, ni lo que afirman.

8 Sabemos empero que la ley es buena, si alguno usa de ella legítimamente;