What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
1 Timothy 1:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Certain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 from which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But certain individuals have missed the mark on this very matter [and] have wandered away into vain arguments and discussions and purposeless talk. American Standard Version (1901) from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking; Common English Bible Because they missed this goal, some people have been distracted by talk that doesn’t mean anything. Catholic Public Domain Version Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version From which things some going astray, are turned aside unto vain babbling: |
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some.
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
For there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially the circumcision party;
But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile.