1 Timothy 6:21 (DBY)

Passage

of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace [be] with thee.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:19 laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of [what is] really life.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

1 Timothy 6:21 of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace [be] with thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "some", "having", "profession", "missed", and "thee". 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 Timotheus keep the entrusted deposit avoiding...", 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.