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Some people have missed the mark
Paul speaks of faith in Christ as if it were a target at which to aim. Paul means that some people are not fulfilling the purpose of their faith, which is to love as he just explained in 1:5. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
have turned away from these things
Here "turned away" is an idiom that means they have stopped doing what God has commanded. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)