Focused Passage

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Godliness, Contentment, the Good Fight, and Guarding the Entrusted Gospel

Paul moves from gospel-shaped conduct under slavery, to exposing false teachers and greed, to commending godliness with contentment, to charging Timothy to fight the good fight, to instructing the wealthy, and finally to guarding the entrusted truth.

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3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

7For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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Verse 3

Original words

IfΕἴG1487ConjunctionanyoneτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singularteaches another doctrineἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖG2085Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvμὴG3361AdverbdisagreesπροσέρχεταιG4334Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular[with the] soundὑγιαίνουσινG5198Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine PluralwordsλόγοιςG3056Noun - Dative Masculine Plural-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine Pluralof ourἡμῶνG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularLordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularwithκατ’G2596PrepositiongodlyεὐσέβειανG2150Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularteachingδιδασκαλίᾳG1319Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 4

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he is conceitedτετύφωταιG5187Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular[and] understandsἐπιστάμενοςG1987Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularnothingμηδὲνG3367Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularInsteadἀλλὰG235Conjunction[he has] an unhealthy interestνοσῶνG3552Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularinπερὶG4012PrepositioncontroversiesζητήσειςG2214Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctiondisputes about wordsλογομαχίαςG3055Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralout ofἐξG1537PrepositionwhichὧνG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine PluralcomeγίνεταιG1096Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularenvyφθόνοςG5355Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularstrifeἔριςG2054Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularabusive talkβλασφημίαιG988Noun - Nominative Feminine PluralevilπονηραίG4190Adjective - Nominative Feminine PluralsuspicionsὑπόνοιαιG5283Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Verse 5

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[and] constant frictionδιαπαρατριβαὶG3859Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralbetween menἀνθρώπωνG444Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralof depravedδιεφθαρμένωνG1311Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularmindνοῦνG3563Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular[who are]καὶG2532ConjunctiondevoidἀπεστερημένωνG650Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularof the truthἀληθείαςG225Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular[These men] regardνομιζόντωνG3543Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingulargodlinessεὐσέβειανG2150Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularasεἶναιG1510Verb - Present Infinitive Activea means of gainπορισμὸνG4200Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR include Withdraw yourself from such.
Verse 6

Original words

Of courseδὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingulargodlinessεὐσέβειαG2150Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularwithμετὰG3326PrepositioncontentmentαὐταρκείαςG841Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularisἜστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulargreatμέγαςG3173Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulargainπορισμὸςG4200Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 7

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ForγὰρG1063Conjunctionwe broughtεἰσηνέγκαμενG1533Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person PluralnothingοὐδὲνG3762Adjective - Accusative Neuter SingularintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularworldκόσμονG2889Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularsoὅτιG3754ConjunctionvvvοὐδὲG3761Adverbwe cannotδυνάμεθαG1410Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person PluralcarryἐξενεγκεῖνG1627Verb - Aorist Infinitive Activeanything {out of it}τιG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR so certainly
Verse 8

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ButδὲG1161Conjunctionif we haveἔχοντεςG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralfoodδιατροφὰςG1305Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionclothingσκεπάσματαG4629Noun - Accusative Neuter Pluralwe will be contentἀρκεσθησόμεθαG714Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Pluralwith theseτούτοιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 9

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Those whoΟἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralwantβουλόμενοιG1014Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Pluralto be richπλουτεῖνG4147Verb - Present Infinitive ActivehoweverδὲG1161ConjunctionfallἐμπίπτουσινG1706Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralintoεἰςG1519PrepositiontemptationπειρασμὸνG3986Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionbecome ensnaredπαγίδαG3803Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctionby manyπολλὰςG4183Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluralfoolishἀνοήτουςG453Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionharmfulβλαβεράςG983Adjective - Accusative Feminine PluraldesiresἐπιθυμίαςG1939Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralthatαἵτινεςG3748Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine PluralplungeβυθίζουσινG1036Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Plural[them]ἀνθρώπουςG444Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralintoεἰςG1519PrepositionruinὄλεθρονG3639Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiondestructionἀπώλειανG684Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctiontheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularlove of moneyφιλαργυρίαG5365Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularisἐστινG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[the] rootῥίζαG4491Noun - Nominative Feminine Singularof all kindsπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Neuter Pluralof evilκακῶνG2556Adjective - Genitive Neuter PluralBy cravingὀρεγόμενοιG3713Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural[it]ἧςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine SingularsomeτινεςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Pluralhave wanderedἀπεπλανήθησανG635Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Pluralaway fromἀπὸG575PrepositiontheτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularfaithπίστεωςG4102Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionpiercedπεριέπειρανG4044Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralthemselvesἑαυτοὺςG1438Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Pluralwith manyπολλαῖςG4183Adjective - Dative Feminine PluralsorrowsὀδύναιςG3601Noun - Dative Feminine Plural

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