1 Timothy 6:8
If we have, then, food and raiment, we will be therewith content.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
In Context
7For we brought nothing into the world; and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food which is needful for me;
Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.
Matthew 6:25Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
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 →