6 Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
6 Those who fail to keep to this point soon wander off into cul-de-sacs of gossip.
6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,
6 But some people have missed this whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their time in meaningless discussions.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Timothy 1:6
Commentary on 1 Timothy 1:5-11
(Read 1 Timothy 1:5-11)
Whatever tends to weaken love to God, or love to the brethren, tends to defeat the end of the commandment. The design of the gospel is answered, when sinners, through repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ, are brought to exercise Christian love. And as believers were righteous persons in God's appointed way, the law was not against them. But unless we are made righteous by faith in Christ, really repenting and forsaking sin, we are yet under the curse of the law, even according to the gospel of the blessed God, and are unfit to share the holy happiness of heaven.