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whereas the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith. Certain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make assertions.

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The aim of this instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.(A) Some people have deviated from these and turned to meaningless talk,(B) wanting to be teachers of the law, but without understanding either what they are saying or what they assert with such assurance.

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Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to (C)idle talk, desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical