Verse 9
9. That will That is, determine to be rich; who say, “At all events, honestly if I can, yet certainly, I will be rich.” The certainly will often dismiss the honestly.
Fall into temptation Inducements seduce their will at every turn to get gain at the price of godliness. These inducements in an age of trade and successful venture are stupendous. Men are tempted with a million or half million which can be secretly pocketed; and even if known, the contempt for their dishonesty can be braved for such a price; or it can be dazzled away by the splendid display of the successful knave.
A snare But, alas! the great man is caught, a victim in a net, in a trap; and by whom it is set is significantly hinted in 1 Timothy 3:7.
Hurtful lusts The wealth acquired induces free gratification of appetites; luxuries, revelries, excesses, which call for gain to sustain them.
Drown men So that a wealthy, luxurious age plunges itself into temporal and eternal destruction; not “mere moral degradation,” says Alford.
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