1 Timothy 6:6
But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
In Context
7For we brought nothing into the world; and we know that we can carry nothing out of it.
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.
Luke 12:31But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
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 →