1 Timothy 6:6

And a great source of gain religion is, when it brings contentment with it!

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

In Context

5and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

7For we brought nothing into the world, because we cannot even carry anything out of it.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:32All these are the things for which the nations are seeking, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Luke 12:31No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for 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 →

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