For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
What does 1 Timothy 6:10 mean?
Those that make a trade of Christianity to serve their turn for this world, will be disappointed; but those who mind it as their calling, will find it has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
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Keep this verse inside 1 Timothy 6:8-12 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on 1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil - That is, of all kinds of evil. This is evidently not to be understood as literally true, for there are evils which cannot, be traced to the love of money - the evils growing out of ambition, and intemperance, and debasing lusts, and of the hatred of God and of goodness. The expression here is evidently a popular saying - "all sorts of evils grow out of the love of money." Similar expressions often occur in the classic writers; see Wetstein, in loc, and numerous examples quoted by Priceaus. Of the truth of this, no one can doubt.
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So idolatry is said to be , "the root of all iniquities" (q); see Hebrews 12:15 which while some coveted after; in a greedy and insatiable way: they have erred from the faith; the doctrine of faith.
Context in 1 Timothy 6
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1 Timothy 6 belongs to the closing movement of the book, especially the section often described as care, discipline, and final exhortations. First Timothy gives pastoral instruction on false teaching, public worship, church leadership, care, and godly conduct. Read this chapter with the wider themes of church order, sound doctrine, and prayer in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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Who quoted 1 Timothy 6:10?
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Quotes found on Wikiquote (match for «love of money is the root of all evil»):
Capitalism · English proverbs (alphabetically by proverb) · Hyperechios · Isaac Asimov · Kent Hovind · Martin Luther King Jr. · Misquotations · Money · R. H. Tawney · Religious views on capitalism · Samuel Butler (novelist)