1 Timothy 6:5

1 Timothy 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• New International Version (NIV)and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• New Living Translation (NLT)These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

Context of 1 Timothy 6:5

3If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. 6But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.

1 Timothy 6:5 word by word

διαπαρατριβαὶ διεφθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων τὸν νοῦν καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας, νομιζόντων πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειανRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Perverse disputingsπαραδιατριβήparadiatribē · contentionG3859
• of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• of corruptδιαφθείρωdiaphtheirō · to destroyG1311
• mindsνοῦςnous · mindG3563
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• destituteἀποστερέωapostereō · to defraudG650
• of the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• supposing thatνομίζωnomizō · to thinkG3543
• gainπορισμόςporismos · gainG4200
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• godlinessεὐσέβειαeusebeia · pietyG2150
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• suchτοιοῦτοςtoioutos · such as thisG5108
• withdraw thyselfἀφίστημιaphistēmi · to leaveG868

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 6:5

• 1 Timothy 1:6Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion,
• 1 Corinthians 11:16If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
• Matthew 7:17So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
• Matthew 12:33"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.
• John 3:19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
• Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
• 2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.
• 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain,
• 1 Timothy 3:3not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
• 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him."
• Isaiah 56:11The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
• Jeremiah 6:13"For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
• Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds - Disputations that cannot be settled, because their partisans will not listen to the truth; and they will not listen to the truth because their minds are corrupt. Both under the law and under the Gospel the true religion was: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength; and thy neighbor as thyself. Where, therefore, the love of God and man does not prevail, there there is no…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Perverse disputings - Margin, “gallings one of another.” In regard to the correct reading of this passage, see Bib. Repository, vol. iii. pp. 61,62. The word which is here used in the Received Text - ́ paradiatribē- occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means “mis-employment;” then “idle occupation.” (Robinson‘s Lexicon) The verb from which this is derived means to “rub in pieces, to wear away;” and hence the word here used refers to what…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5who are devoid of the truth: Literally have been robbed of the truth; see 2 Timothy 2:18; 3:7, 8; 4:4; Titus 1:14. regard godliness as a means of gain: (see 1 Timothy 2:2; 3:8; 4:8; 6:3; see also 2 Timothy 3:2; Acts 8:9–25): It is uncertain how these false teachers thought they would profit. In the broader culture, many traveling teachers earned money through teaching. Abuse of this system was common, and people often accused them of teaching for "gain…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Perverse disputings--useless disputings. The oldest manuscripts read, "lasting contests" [Wiesinger]; "incessant collisions" [Alford]. "Strifes of words" had already been mentioned so that he would not be likely to repeat the same idea (as in the English Version reading) again. corrupt minds--Greek, "of men corrupted (depraved) in mind." The inmost source of the evil is in the perverted mind (1Ti 6:4; 2Ti 3:8; Tit 1:15). destitute of the truth--(Tit…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 6:5

• Avarice
• Church
• Company
• Covetousness
• Doctrines
• Envy
• Fellowship
• Minister, Christian
• Riches
• Strife
• Truth
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

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• Contentment
• Covet
• Foolish
• Pierce
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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