³If any man ^hteach otherwise, and consent not to ⁱwholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine ^kwhich is according to godliness; ⁴He ^lis ^||proud, ^mknowing nothing, but ^||doting about ⁿquestions and ⁿⁿstrifes of words, whereof cometh ^oenvy, ^ostrife, ^prailings, evil surmisings, ⁵^||^qPerverse disputings of ^rmen of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, ^ssupposing that gain is godliness: ^tfrom such withdraw thyself. ⁶But ^ugodliness ^vwith contentment ^wis great gain. ⁷For ^xwe brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. ⁸And ^yhaving food and raiment let us be therewith ^vcontent. ⁹But ^zthey that will be rich fall into temptation and ^aa snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, ^bwhich drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰For ^cthe love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have ^||erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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Footnotes

hch. 1:3.
i 2 Tim. 1:13 (Gk.). So Tit. 2:8. See ch. 1:10.
k Tit. 1:1. See ch. 2:10.
lch. 3:6. 2 Tim. 3:4 in the Gk.
||Or, a fool.
mSo 1 Cor. 8:2. ch. 1:7.
||Or, sick.
nSee ch. 1:4.
nnSo 2 Tim. 2:14.
oSee Gal. 5:20, 21.
oSee Gal. 5:20, 21.
pSee Eph. 4:31.
||Or, gallings one of another.
qComp. 1 Cor. 11:16. ch. 1:6.
r 2 Tim. 3:8. See Tit. 1:15.
sSo Tit. 1:11. Comp. Phil. 3:19. 2 Pet. 2:3.
tSo 2 Tim. 3:5. See Rom. 16:17.
uSo ch. 4:8. See ch. 2:10.
wSo Prov. 28:25. Tobit 4:21. See Prov. 15:16.
x Job 1:21. Eccles. 5:15, 16. So Job 27:19. Ps. 49:17. Prov. 27:24.
y Gen. 28:20. Ecclus. 29:21, 23. Comp. Prov. 27:26, 27.
z Matt. 13:22. & 19:23. James 5:1. See Prov. 23:4. Comp. Ecclus. 11:11.
aSee ch. 3:7.
bComp. ch. 1:19.
cSo Gk. of Luke 16:14. 2 Tim. 3:2. See Ps. 119:36.
||Or, been seduced.

Cross references

v Ecclus. 40:18. Phil. 4:11. Heb 13:5.
v Ecclus. 40:18. Phil. 4:11. Heb 13:5.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

If 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, he 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. But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 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.

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If anyone teaches false doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions, and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

NLTNew Living Translation

Some people may contradict our teaching, but these are the wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. These teachings promote a godly life. Anyone who teaches something different is arrogant and lacks understanding. Such a person has an unhealthy desire to quibble over the meaning of words. This stirs up arguments ending in jealousy, division, slander, and evil suspicions. 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.

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not devote himself to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness, he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions, constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain. But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain. For we have brought nothing into the world, so that neither can we bring anything out. But if we have food and clothing, with these things we will be content. But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, because they desire it, have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.