³If anyone ^steaches a different doctrine and does not agree with ^tthe sound² words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching ^uthat accords with godliness, ⁴^vhe is puffed up with conceit and ^wunderstands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for ^xcontroversy and for ^yquarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, ⁵and constant friction among people ^zwho are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, ^aimagining that godliness is a means of gain. ⁶But ^bgodliness ^cwith contentment is great gain, ⁷for ^dwe brought nothing into the world, and³ we cannot take anything out of the world. ⁸But ^eif we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. ⁹But ^fthose who desire to be rich fall into temptation, ^ginto a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that ^hplunge people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰For the love of money is a root of ⁱall kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

¹¹But as for you, ^jO man of God, ^kflee these things. ^lPursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Read in Logos

1 Timothy 6:11: But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Footnotes

2Or healthy
3Greek for; some manuscripts insert [it is] certain [that]

Cross references

sch. 1:3
tSee ch. 1:10
u Titus 1:1
vch. 3:6; 2 Tim. 3:4
w 1 Cor. 8:2; [ch. 1:7]
xch. 1:4; 2 Tim. 2:23; Titus 3:9
y 2 Tim. 2:14; [Acts 18:15]
z 2 Tim. 3:8; [Eph. 4:22; Titus 1:15]
a Titus 1:11; 2 Pet. 2:3
b[ch. 4:8]
c Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16; 16:8; Phil. 4:11; Heb. 13:5
d Job 1:21; Ps. 49:17; Eccles. 5:15
e Gen. 28:20; Prov. 30:8
f Prov. 15:27; 23:4; 28:20; Matt. 13:22
g[ch. 3:7]
h[ch. 1:19]
i[Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19]
j 2 Tim. 3:17
k 2 Tim. 2:22
lSee Prov. 15:9