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1 Timothy 6:4-11

4heispuffed up,knowingἐπιστάμενοςepistamenosG1987nothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367,butsickaboutquestionsanddisputesofwords,outofwhichariseenvyφθόνος,phthonosG5355,strifeἔρις,erisG2054, injuriouswords,evilπονηραί,ponēraiG4190suspicions,

5constant quarrellingsofmenG444corruptedinmindνοῦνnounG3563anddestituteofthetruthἀληθείας,alētheiasG225, holdinggainπορισμὸνporismonG4200tobeG1510[theendof]piety.

6ButpietywithcontentmentisG1510greatμέγαςmegasG3173gainπορισμὸςporismosG4200.

7ForwehavebroughtG1533nothingintotheworldκόσμον,kosmonG2889: [itis] [manifest]thatneithercanwecarryἐξενεγκεῖνexenegkeinG1627anythingτιtiG5100out.

8Buthavingsustenanceandcovering,wewillbecontentἀρκεσθησόμεθα.¶arkesthēsomethaG714withthese.

9ButthosewhodesireG1939toberichπλουτεῖνplouteinG4147fallἐμπίπτουσινempiptousinG1706intotemptationπειρασμὸνpeirasmonG3986andasnareπαγίδαpagidaG3803,andmanyπολλὰςpollasG4183unwiseandhurtfullustsG1939,whichplungemenG444intodestructionἀπώλειαν.apōleianG684andruin.

10FortheloveofmoneyisG1510[the]rootῥίζαrhizaG4491ofeveryevilκακῶνkakōnG2556;whichsomehaving aspiredafter,havewanderedfromthefaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102,andpiercedthemselveswithmanyπολλαῖς.¶pollaisG4183sorrows.

11Butthou,OmanἄνθρωπεanthrōpeG444ofGodθεοῦ,theouG2316,fleeφεῦγε,pheugeG5343thesethingsταῦταtautaG3778,andpursueδίωκεdiōkeG1377righteousnessδικαιοσύνην,dikaiosunēnG1343,piety,faithπίστιν,pistinG4102,loveἀγάπην,agapēnG26,enduranceὑπομονήν,hupomonēnG5281,meeknessofspirit.

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