a. Now godliness: Paul told Timothy that those who misuse God’s Word wrongly think godliness is a means of material gain. Knowing his statement might be misunderstood, he followed up with an explanation. b. Now godliness with contentment is great gain: It is true that godliness is great gain; but only when accompanied by contentment. i. “The word here used for contentment is autarkeia … By it they meant a complete self-sufficiency. They meant a frame of mind which
1 Timothy 6:6