and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
1 Timothy 6:5 - Tree of Life Version and constant friction between people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw. American Standard Version (1901) wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain. Common English Bible There is constant bickering between people whose minds are ruined and who have been robbed of the truth. They think that godliness is a way to make money! Catholic Public Domain Version the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mind and deprived of truth, who consider profit to be piety. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness. |
and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.
So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.
And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of thieves’!”
“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.
But if anyone intends to be contentious, we have no such custom—nor do God’s communities.
Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, to keep away from every brother who behaves irresponsibly and not according to the tradition they received from us.
Some, having missed the mark, have turned away to fruitless discussion—
not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,
Servant-leaders likewise must be dignified, not double-speaking, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
But avoid godless myths and old wives’ tales; instead, train yourself in godliness.
For physical exercise has some benefit; but godliness is beneficial for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the one to come.
holding to an outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid these people!
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and worthless concerning the faith.
They must be silenced—those who upset entire households by teaching what they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.
cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; and slaves—that is, human souls.
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her immorality. The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich off the power of her self-indulgence.”