1 Timothy 6:8

Christian Standard Bible ®

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

Parallel Translations

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contextual Overview

⁶ But godliness with contentment is a great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out. ⁸ But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. ⁹ But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. ¹¹ But you, man of God, run from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. ¹² Fight the good fight for the faith; take hold of eternal life that you were called to and have made a good confession about in the presence of many witnesses.

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 6:12
God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.

Genesis 6:17
"Understand that I am bringing a flood—floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will die.

Genesis 19:19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can't run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield. The Lord gives grace and glory; He does not withhold the good from those who live with integrity.

Psalms 145:20
The Lord guards all those who love Him, but He destroys all the wicked.

Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 8:35
For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord ,

Proverbs 12:2
The good person obtains favor from the Lord , but He condemns a man who schemes.

Jeremiah 31:2
This is what the Lord says: They found favor in the wilderness— the people who survived the sword. When Israel went to find rest,

Luke 1:30
Then the angel told her: Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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.