1 Timothy 6:10 — Community Reflections

1 TIMOTHY 6:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“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.”

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils, and by craving it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs — the root-metaphor (rhiza) establishes philarguria (love of money) as generative of manifold transgressions. Some (tines) have explicitly apostasized (apeplanēthesan), turning from faith into self-inflicted suffering (peri ... heautous).

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David Mensah (test user)1d ago

The cost of discipleship — 1 Timothy 6

I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth ...