1 Timothy 6:7
For we brought nothing into this world, and there is no doubt that we can take nothing away.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
In Context
6But piety with sufficiency is great gain.
8But, having nourishment and some kind of covering, we should be content with these.
Cross References
Psalms 49:17Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
Ecclesiastes 5:15It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?
Luke 16:22Then it happened that the beggar died, and he was carried by the Angels into the bosom of Abraham. Now the wealthy man also died, and he was entombed in Hell.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:7-13
Excellence of Contentment; Evil of Covetousness. ( a. d. 64.) 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But 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. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,… Read the whole commentary →