1 Timothy 6:10

8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be ^acontent.

9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus ^awho witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money is the root of all evil - Perhaps it would be better to translate , of all these evils; i.e. the evils enumerated above; for it cannot be true that the love of money is the root of all evil, it certainly was not the root whence the transgression of Adam sprang, but it is the root whence all the evils mentioned in the preceding verse spring. This text has been often very incautiously quoted; for how often do we hear, "The Scripture says, Money is the root of all evil!" No, the Scripture says no such thing. Money is the root of no evil, nor is it an evil of any kind; but the love of it is the root of all the evils mentioned here.

While some coveted after - · Insatiably desiring.

Have erred from the faith - · Have totally erred - have made a most fatal and ruinous departure from the religion of Christ.

And pierced themselves through with many sorrows - The word signifies to be transfixed in every part; and is an allusion to one of those snares, , mentioned I Timothy 6:9, where a hole is dug in the earth, and filled full of sharp stakes, and, being slightly covered over with turf, is not perceived; and whatever steps on it falls in, and is pierced through and through with these sharp stakes, the , the many torments, mentioned by the apostle. See on I Timothy 6:9 (note).

Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Timothy 6:10:

Hosea 10:1
1 Timothy 6:9
1 Timothy 6:17

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