1 Timothy 6:8–19

⁸but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. ⁹But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.^{* 10}For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

The Good Fight of Faith

¹¹But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. ¹²Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and for which you madeⁱ the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.^{* 13}In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you^{* 14}to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,^{* 15}which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.^{* 16}It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.^*

¹⁷As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.^{* 18}They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,^{* 19}thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.