1 Timothy 6:21 (LSB)

Passage

which some, while professing, have gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:19 storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning aside from godless and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called knowledge—

1 Timothy 6:21 which some, while professing, have gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "faith", "gone astray", "some", and "professing". 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 what has been entrusted...", 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.