1 Timothy 6:7-10 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money is the root of all evil - Perhaps it would be better to translate παντων των κακων , of all these evils; i.e. the evils enumerated above; for it cannot be true that the love of money is the root of all evil, it certainly was not the root whence the transgression of Adam sprang, but it is the root whence all the evils mentioned in the preceding verse spring. This text has been often very incautiously quoted; for how often do we hear, "The Scripture says, Money is the root... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

Verse 7 7For we brought nothing into the world., He adds this for the purpose of setting a limit to the sufficiency. Our covetousness is an insatiable gulf, if it be not restrained; and the best bridle is, when we desire nothing more than the necessity of this life demands; for the reason why we transgress the bounds, is, that our anxiety extends to a thousand lives which we falsely imagine. Nothing is more common, and indeed nothing is more generally acknowledged, than this statement of Paul;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

Verse 8 8Having food and raiment When he mentions food and raiment, he excludes luxuries and overflowing abundance; for nature is content with a little (122) and all that goes beyond the natural use is superfluous. Not that to use them more largely ought to be condemned on its own account, but lusting after them is always sinful. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:9

Verse 9 9They who wish to be rich After having exhorted him to be content, and to despise riches, he now explains how dangerous is the desire of having them, and especially in the ministers of the Church, of whom he expressly speaks in this passage. Now the cause of the evils, which the Apostle here enumerates, is not riches, but an eager desire of them, even though the person should be poor. And here Paul shews not only what generally happens, but what must always happen; for every man that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:10

Verse 10 10For the root of all evils is avarice (124) There is no necessity for being too scrupulous in comparing other vices with this. It is certain that ambition and pride often produce worse fruits than covetousness does; and yet ambition does not proceed from covetousness. The same thing may be said of the sins forbidden by the seventh commandment. But Paul’s intention was not to include under covetousness every kind of vices that can be named. What then? He simply meant, that innumerable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

I. DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES . 1. Toward unbelieving masters . "Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the Name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed." Paul had to legislate for a social condition which was, to a considerable extent, different from ours. In the early Christian Churches there were not a few whose social condition was that of slaves. They are pointed to here as being under the yoke as servants. To... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:6-21

The contrast . There is no more effectual way of bringing out the peculiar beauties and excellences of any system or character than by contrasting with it the opposite system or character. Let us do this in regard to the two characters which are here brought before us, and the uses of money by them respectively. I. THE MONEY - LOVER . The love of money sits at the helm of his inner man. It is the spring of all his thoughts, desires, and actions. Observe what is his ruling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:7

The for this , A.V.; for neither can we for and it is certain we can , A.V. and T.R.; anything for nothing , A.V. For neither , etc. The omission of δῆλον in the R.T., though justified by many of the best manuscripts, makes it difficult to construe the sentence, unless, with Buttman, we consider ὅτι as elliptical for δῆλον ὅτι , The R.V. "for neither" seems to imply that the truth, "neither can we carry anything out," is a consequence of the previous truth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:8

But for and , A.V.; covering for raiment , A.V.; we shall be for let us be , A.V. Food ( διατροφάς ); here only in the New Testament, but common in the LXX ., rare in classical Greek. Covering ( σκεπάσματα ); also a ἅπαξ λεγόμενον in the New Testament, not found in the LXX ., and rare in classical Greek. The kindred words, σκέπη and σκέπας , with their derivatives, are used of the covering or shelter of clothes, or tents, or houses. St. Paul may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:9

Desire to for will , A.V.; a temptation for temptation , A.V.; many for into many , A.V.; such as for which , A.V. A temptation . The reason of the insertion of the article before "temptation" in the R.V. seems to be that, as the three substantives all depend upon the one preposition εἰς , they ought all to be treated alike. But if so, the reasoning is not good, because "temptation" implies a state, not merely a single temptation. The prefixing of the article is... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 6:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:6-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 6:9

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