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

4 he 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,

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

6 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.

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

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

9 Those 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.

10 For 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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References and Original Words

Verse 3

Original words

If Εἴ G1487 Conjunction anyone τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular teaches another doctrine ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖ G2085 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb disagrees προσέρχεται G4334 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular [with the] sound ὑγιαίνουσιν G5198 Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural words λόγοις G3056 Noun - Dative Masculine Plural - τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural of our ἡμῶν G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Lord Κυρίου G2962 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Jesus Ἰησοῦ G2424 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Christ Χριστοῦ G5547 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular with κατ’ G2596 Preposition godly εὐσέβειαν G2150 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular teaching διδασκαλίᾳ G1319 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 4

Original words

he is conceited τετύφωται G5187 Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular [and] understands ἐπιστάμενος G1987 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular nothing μηδὲν G3367 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Instead ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction [he has] an unhealthy interest νοσῶν G3552 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular in περὶ G4012 Preposition controversies ζητήσεις G2214 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction disputes about words λογομαχίας G3055 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural out of ἐξ G1537 Preposition which ὧν G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Plural come γίνεται G1096 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular envy φθόνος G5355 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular strife ἔρις G2054 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular abusive talk βλασφημίαι G988 Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural evil πονηραί G4190 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural suspicions ὑπόνοιαι G5283 Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Verse 5

Original words

[and] constant friction διαπαρατριβαὶ G3859 Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural between men ἀνθρώπων G444 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural of depraved διεφθαρμένων G1311 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural - τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular mind νοῦν G3563 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular [who are] καὶ G2532 Conjunction devoid ἀπεστερημένων G650 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular of the truth ἀληθείας G225 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular [These men] regard νομιζόντων G3543 Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular godliness εὐσέβειαν G2150 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular as εἶναι G1510 Verb - Present Infinitive Active a means of gain πορισμὸν G4200 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

BSB notes

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

Original words

Of course δὲ G1161 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular godliness εὐσέβεια G2150 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular with μετὰ G3326 Preposition contentment αὐταρκείας G841 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular is Ἔστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular great μέγας G3173 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular gain πορισμὸς G4200 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 7

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction we brought εἰσηνέγκαμεν G1533 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural nothing οὐδὲν G3762 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular into εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular world κόσμον G2889 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular so ὅτι G3754 Conjunction vvv οὐδὲ G3761 Adverb we cannot δυνάμεθα G1410 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural carry ἐξενεγκεῖν G1627 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active anything {out of it} τι G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular

BSB notes

  • BYZ and TR so certainly
Verse 8

Original words

But δὲ G1161 Conjunction if we have ἔχοντες G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural food διατροφὰς G1305 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction clothing σκεπάσματα G4629 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural we will be content ἀρκεσθησόμεθα G714 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural with these τούτοις G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural
Verse 9

Original words

Those who Οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural want βουλόμενοι G1014 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural to be rich πλουτεῖν G4147 Verb - Present Infinitive Active however δὲ G1161 Conjunction fall ἐμπίπτουσιν G1706 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural into εἰς G1519 Preposition temptation πειρασμὸν G3986 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction become ensnared παγίδα G3803 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction by many πολλὰς G4183 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural foolish ἀνοήτους G453 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction harmful βλαβεράς G983 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural desires ἐπιθυμίας G1939 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural that αἵτινες G3748 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural plunge βυθίζουσιν G1036 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural - τοὺς G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Plural [them] ἀνθρώπους G444 Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural into εἰς G1519 Preposition ruin ὄλεθρον G3639 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction destruction ἀπώλειαν G684 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 10

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular love of money φιλαργυρία G5365 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular is ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular [the] root ῥίζα G4491 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of all kinds πάντων G3956 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural - τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural of evil κακῶν G2556 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural By craving ὀρεγόμενοι G3713 Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural [it] ἧς G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular some τινες G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural have wandered ἀπεπλανήθησαν G635 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural away from ἀπὸ G575 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular faith πίστεως G4102 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction pierced περιέπειραν G4044 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural themselves ἑαυτοὺς G1438 Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural with many πολλαῖς G4183 Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural sorrows ὀδύναις G3601 Noun - Dative Feminine Plural

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