1 Timothy 6:21 (DRB)

Passage

Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:19 To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.

1 Timothy 6:21 Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "some", "promising", "erred", "concerning", "thee", and "amen". 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 keep 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.