1 Timothy 6:10

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.

The Good Confession

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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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the love of money—not the money itself, but the love of it—the wishing to be rich (I Timothy 6:9) —"is a root (ELLICOTT and MIDDLETON: not as English Version, 'the root') of all evils." (So the Greek plural). The wealthiest may be rich not in a bad sense; the poorest may covet to be so (Psalms 62:10). Love of money is not the sole root of evils, but it is a leading "root of bitterness" (Hebrews 12:15), for "it destroys faith, the root of all that is good" [BENGEL]; its offshoots are "temptation, a snare, lusts, destruction, perdition."

coveted after—lusted after.

erred from—literally, "have been made to err from the faith" (I Timothy 1:19; I Timothy 4:1).

pierced— (Luke 2:35).

with . . . sorrows—"pains": "thorns" of the parable (Matthew 13:22) which choke the word of "faith." "The prosperity of fools destroys them" (Proverbs 1:32). BENGEL and WIESINGER make them the gnawings of conscience, producing remorse for wealth badly acquired; the harbingers of the future "perdition" (I Timothy 6:9).

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