1 Timothy 6:5
constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be [the end of] piety.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6But piety with contentment *is* great gain.
Cross References
2 Kings 5:20And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.
Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for *ye* do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
Acts 8:18But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, offered them money,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 6:2-6
The Duty of Servants. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the… Read the whole commentary →