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1 Timothy 6:8
8But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
1 Timothy 6:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
- New International Version (NIV)But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
Context of 1 Timothy 6:8
6But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God]. 7For we have brought nothing into the world, so [it is clear that] we cannot take anything out of it, either. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery]. 10For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.
Read all of 1 Timothy 61 Timothy 6:8 word by word
ἔχοντες δὲ διατροφὰς καὶ σκεπάσματα, τούτοις ἀρκεσθησόμεθα.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 6:8
- Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow (promise), saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear,
- Genesis 48:15Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience], The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,
- Deuteronomy 2:7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’
- Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you and allowed you to be hungry and fed you with manna, [a substance] which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand [by personal experience] that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
- Proverbs 27:23Be diligent to know the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds;
- Proverbs 30:8Keep deception and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,
- Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and assure himself that there is good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
- Hebrews 13:5Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 6:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content - · Let us consider this a competency. And it is evident that the apostle considers this a competency, and by these words explains what he said 1 Timothy 6:6. The word , which we translate raiment, signifies covering in general; and here means house or lodging, as well as clothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And having food and raiment - Food and raiment, here, seem to be used to denote supplies for our needs in general. It is not uncommon to denote the whole by a part, and, as these are the principal things which we really need, and without which life could not be sustained, the apostle uses the phrase to denote all that is really necessary for us. We cannot suppose that he would forbid a desire of a comfortable habitation, or of the means of knowledge, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 Those that make a trade of Christianity to serve their turn for this world, will be disappointed; but those who mind it as their calling, will find it has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. He that is godly, is sure to be happy in another world; and if contented with his condition in this world, he has enough; and all truly godly people are content. When brought into the greatest straits, we cannot be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-10This paragraph reveals that the true desire of false teachers is wealth, not God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. And--Greek, "But." In contrast to the greedy gain-seekers (1Ti 6:5). having--so long as we have food. (The Greek expresses "food sufficient in each case for our continually recurring wants" [Alford]). It is implied that we, as believers, shall have this (Is 23:16). raiment--Greek, "covering"; according to some including a roof to cover us, that is, a dwelling, as well as clothing. let us be therewith content--literally, "we shall be sufficiently…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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