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1 Timothy 6:10 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 6 · verse 10
For the 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.1 Timothy 6:10 · King James Version
What 1 Timothy 6:10 means
The love of it, not the money. Paul names a desire rather than a thing, which is why this verse catches poor people as easily as rich ones. And pierced themselves through is his phrase — the wound here is self-inflicted.
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1 Timothy 6:10 in context
8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10For the 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.
11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
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Key words (Strong's)
- themselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- sorrowsodynēconsuming grief, pain, sorrowG3601 →
- afteroregōto stretch one's self out in order to touch or to grasp something, to reach after or…G3713 →
- erredapoplanaōto cause to go astray, to lead away from the truth to error, to go astray, stray away fromG635 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- rootrhizaa root, that which like a root springs from a root, a sprout, shoot, metaph. offspring…G4491 →
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From the mention of the abuse which some put upon religion, making it to serve their secular advantages, the apostle, I. Takes occasion to show the excellency of contentment and the evil of covetousness. 1. The excellency of contentment, Ti1 6:6-8. Some account Christianity an advantageous profession for this world.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-12