1 Timothy 6:21 (ASV)

Passage

which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is [life] indeed.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard that which is committed unto [thee], turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

1 Timothy 6:21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "some", "professing", "erred", and "concerning". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The prior verse says "O Timothy guard that which is committed...", giving immediate footing for "grace" and "faith". In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.