Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there.’ ‘Go,’ he said.
1 Timothy 6:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But godliness with contentment is great gain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But godliness with contentment is great gain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain. American Standard Version (1901) But godliness with contentment is great gain: Common English Bible Actually, godliness is a great source of profit when it is combined with being happy with what you already have. Catholic Public Domain Version But piety with sufficiency is great gain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But godliness with contentment is great gain. |
Please let us go to the Jordan where we can each get a log and can build ourselves a place to live there.’ ‘Go,’ he said.
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure with turmoil.
A greedy person stirs up conflict, but whoever trusts in the Lord will prosper.
We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.
He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’
Some soldiers also questioned him, ‘What should we do? ’ He said to them, ‘Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.’
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. ,