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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.