Let us go as far as the Jordan and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.
1 Timothy 6:6 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But godliness with contentment is great gain. 更多版本King 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. English Standard Version 2016 But godliness with contentment is great gain, |
Let us go as far as the Jordan and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.
And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife.
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,
He that boasteth, and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.
And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.
For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.
For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.