1 Timothy 6:7

1 Timothy 6:7

5 ¹useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.² From ^asuch withdraw yourself.

6 Now godliness with ^acontentment is great gain.

7 For we brought nothing into this world,¹ and it is ^acertain we can carry nothing out.

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.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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For—confirming the reasonableness of "contentment."

and it is certain—Vulgate and other old versions support this reading. The oldest manuscripts, however, omit "and it is certain"; then the translation will be, "We brought nothing into the world (to teach us to remember) that neither can we carry anything out" (Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:15). Therefore, we should have no gain-seeking anxiety, the breeder of discontent (Matthew 6:25).

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