1 Timothy 6:8

Contemporary English Version

So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

King James Version (1611)
And hauing food and raiment let vs be therewith content.

King James Version
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

English Standard Version
But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

New American Standard Bible
If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

New Century Version
But, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Legacy Standard Bible
And if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Berean Standard Bible
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

Complete Jewish Bible
so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these.

Darby Translation
But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

Easy-to-Read Version
So, if we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with that.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, let us be satisfied with food and clothing;

Good News Translation
So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.

Lexham English Bible
But if we have food and clothing, with these things we will be content.

Literal Translation
But having food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these.

Amplified Bible
But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

American Standard Version
but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Bible in Basic English
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

Hebrew Names Version
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

International Standard Version
So as long as we have food and clothes, we will be satisfied with these.Genesis 28:20; Hebrews 13:5;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
8 Therefore sufficient to us are food and raiment. [fn]

Murdock Translation
Therefore, food and clothing satisfy us.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.

English Revised Version
but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

World English Bible
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Having then food and covering, with these let us be content.

Weymouth's New Testament
and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But we hauynge foodis, and with what thingus we schulen be hilid, be we paied with these thingis.

Update Bible Version
but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Webster's Bible Translation
And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.

New English Translation
But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.

New King James Version
And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

New Living Translation
So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

New Life Bible
If we have food and clothing, let us be happy.

New Revised Standard
but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.

Revised Standard Version
but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When we have fode and rayment let vs therwith be contet.

Young's Literal Translation
but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content.

Mace New Testament (1729)
we ought to think that sufficient. but they who will be rich, expose

Simplified Cowboy Version
If you have food in your belly and a shirt on your back, then you should be content.

Contextual Overview

⁶ And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have. ⁷ We didn't bring anything into this world, and we won't take anything with us when we leave. ⁸ So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes. ⁹ People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them. ¹⁰ The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much that they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain. ¹¹ Timothy, you belong to God, so keep away from all these evil things. Try your best to please God and to be like him. Be faithful, loving, dependable, and gentle. ¹² Fight a good fight for the faith and claim eternal life. God offered it to you when you clearly told about your faith, while so many people listened.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 28:20, Genesis 48:15, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:3, Deuteronomy 8:4, Proverbs 27:23-27, Proverbs 30:8, Proverbs 30:9, Ecclesiastes 2:24-26, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Matthew 6:11, Matthew 6:25-33, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6

Reciprocal: Ruth 1:6 - in giving Proverbs 23:4 - Labour Ecclesiastes 2:22 - hath man Matthew 6:19 - General Luke 3:14 - and be 1 Timothy 6:6 - contentment

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.

Psalms 84:11
Our Lord and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

Psalms 145:20
You take care of everyone who loves you, but you destroy the wicked.

Proverbs 3:4
God and people will like you and consider you a success.

Proverbs 8:35
By finding me, you find life, and the Lord will be pleased with you.

Proverbs 12:2
The Lord likes everyone who lives right, but he punishes everyone who makes evil plans.

Jeremiah 31:2
In the desert I was kind to those who escaped death. I gave them peace, and when the time is right, I'll do the same for you. I, the Lord , have spoken.

Luke 1:30
Then the angel told Mary, "Don't be afraid! God is pleased with you,

Acts 7:46
He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel.

Romans 4:4
Money paid to workers isn't a gift. It is something they earn by working.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And having food and raiment,.... "Food" includes all things necessary to be ate and drank, of which there is a great variety, and is here expressed in the plural number; and "raiment" every necessary covering, as the word used signifies, and includes an habitation, which is a cover and shelter from the inclementencies of the weather. And now having all these comforts and necessaries of life, food to eat, and drink to extinguish thirst and refresh, raiment to put on, and a house to dwell in,

let us be therewith content: there is very good reason why the saints should be content; since more than these things cannot be enjoyed; and these they have with a blessing, and as a fruit and token of the love of God to them; these were all that Jacob desired, Agur petitioned for, and Christ directs his disciples daily to pray for; and which to have, is to have enough, a proper sufficiency and competency: the words may be rendered, "we shall be content with them"; which the apostle could say for himself, Timothy, and others, who had been content, even when they wanted these things. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "we are content"; and the Syriac version, "food and raiment are sufficient for us"; and so the apostle sets himself, and others, as examples of contentment to be imitated and followed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And having food and raiment - Food and raiment, here, seem to be used to denote supplies for our needs in general. It is not uncommon to denote the whole by a part, and, as these are the principal things which we really need, and without which life could not be sustained, the apostle uses the phrase to denote all that is really necessary for us. We cannot suppose that he would forbid a desire of a comfortable habitation, or of the means of knowledge, or of conveniences for worshipping God, etc. The idea is, that having those flyings which meet the actual necessities of our nature, and save us from distress, we should not strive after “uncertain riches,” or make wealth the object of our anxious pursuit; compare notes on Philippians 4:11-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 8. Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. — αρκεσθησομεθα. Let us consider this a competency. And it is evident that the apostle considers this a competency, and by these words explains what he said 1 Timothy 6:6.

The word ακεπασματα, which we translate raiment, signifies covering in general; and here means house or lodging, as well as clothing.