1 Timothy 6:8
6 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
9 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- KJV
- And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- WEB
- But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
- ASV
- but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.
- DARBY
- But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.
- BLB
- But having sustenance and coverings, with these we will be content.
- ÅB
- men når vi har føde og klær, skal vi dermed la oss nøye;
- OTB
- Hvis vi har mat og klær, skal vi være tilfredse med disse.
- B1930
- men når vi har føde og klær, skal vi dermed la oss nøie;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:5–6
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Read in contextMatthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Read in contextMatthew 6:25–33
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Read in contextProverbs 30:8–9
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Read in contextGenesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:12–13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Read in contextProverbs 27:23–27
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
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