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1 Timothy 6:6
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
But godliness with contentment is great gain,
But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.
Serving God does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.
But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.
But godliness actually is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment.
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have.
Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have.
But piety with contentment *is* great gain.
Devotion to God is, in fact, a way for people to be very rich, but only if it makes them satisfied with what they have.
But godlinesse is great gaine, if a man be content with that he hath.
But our gain is greater contentment, for it is the worship of God.
Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.
But godliness with contentment is a great means of gain.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
But godliness actually is a source of great gain when accompanied by contentment [that contentment which comes from a sense of inner confidence based on the sufficiency of God].
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.Psalm 37:16; Proverbs 15:16; 16:8; Hebrews 13:5;">[xr]
6 But thou, remove thyself from them. For our gain is great which is the fear of Aloha, with the use of our sufficiency. [fn]
But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence.
Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath.
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
But godliness with content is great gain.
And godliness *is* gain, when associated with contentment;
But a greet wynnyng is pitee, with sufficience.
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.
Now godliness with contentment is great gain.
Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
A God-like life gives us much when we are happy for what we have.
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;
Now it is a great means of gain - godliness, with a sufficiency of ones own;
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
There is great gain in godliness with contentment;
Godlines is great ryches yf a man be content with that he hath.
but it is great gain -- the piety with contentment;
Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath.
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But those who ride with a pure heart and contentment are the real ones who will prosper.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
godliness: 1 Timothy 4:8, Psalms 37:16, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 3:13-18, Proverbs 8:18-21, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 16:8, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 6:33, Luke 12:31, Luke 12:32, Romans 5:3-5, Romans 8:28, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 1:21, Hebrews 13:5
contentment: 1 Timothy 6:8, Exodus 2:21, Luke 3:14, Philippians 4:11-13
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:23 - General Genesis 43:2 - General Genesis 48:15 - fed me Exodus 20:17 - thy neighbour's house Deuteronomy 32:47 - General 2 Kings 4:13 - I dwell 2 Kings 6:2 - and take thence Job 1:9 - Doth Job Psalms 49:10 - leave Psalms 112:3 - Wealth Proverbs 19:23 - shall abide Proverbs 28:25 - he that putteth Proverbs 30:8 - feed Ecclesiastes 2:11 - behold Ecclesiastes 6:7 - the labour Isaiah 33:6 - fear Jeremiah 35:9 - General Jeremiah 45:5 - seekest Mark 10:30 - an hundredfold Luke 12:15 - for Luke 18:30 - manifold more Romans 12:16 - condescend to men of low estate 1 Timothy 6:5 - supposing 2 Peter 1:6 - godliness 2 Peter 3:11 - godliness
Cross-References
But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah.
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
"But I'm going to establish a covenant with you: You'll board the ship, and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives will come on board with you. You are also to take two of each living creature, a male and a female, on board the ship, to preserve their lives with you: two of every species of bird, mammal, and reptile—two of everything so as to preserve their lives along with yours. Also get all the food you'll need and store it up for you and them."
And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
Yes, God will judge his people, but oh how compassionately he'll do it. When he sees their weakened plight and there is no one left, slave or free, He'll say, "So where are their gods, the rock in which they sought refuge, The gods who feasted on the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink-offerings? Let them show their stuff and help you, let them give you a hand!
"Oh, dear people, will you listen to me now? Israel, will you follow my map? I'll make short work of your enemies, give your foes the back of my hand. I'll send the God -haters cringing like dogs, never to be heard from again. You'll feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure honey."
class="poetry"> Come, let's shout praises to God , raise the roof for the Rock who saved us! Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns! And why? Because God is the best, High King over all the gods. In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns, in the other hand grasps the high mountains. He made Ocean—he owns it! His hands sculpted Earth! So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God , who made us! Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks: "Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test, when your ancestors turned and put me to the test. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked—oh, was I provoked! ‘Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?' Exasperated, I exploded, ‘They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
God gave his word and he won't take it back: you're the permanent priest, the Melchizedek priest. The Lord stands true at your side, crushing kings in his terrible wrath, Bringing judgment on the nations, handing out convictions wholesale, crushing opposition across the wide earth. The King-Maker put his King on the throne; the True King rules with head held high!
Tested in the Furnace of Affliction "And now listen to this, family of Jacob, you who are called by the name Israel: Who got you started in the loins of Judah, you who use God 's name to back up your promises and pray to the God of Israel? But do you mean it? Do you live like it? You claim to be citizens of the Holy City; you act as though you lean on the God of Israel, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies. For a long time now, I've let you in on the way I work: I told you what I was going to do beforehand, then I did it and it was done, and that's that. I know you're a bunch of hardheads, obstinate and flint-faced, So I got a running start and began telling you what was going on before it even happened. That is why you can't say, ‘My god-idol did this.' ‘My favorite god-carving commanded this.' You have all this evidence confirmed by your own eyes and ears. Shouldn't you be talking about it? And that was just the beginning. I have a lot more to tell you, things you never knew existed. This isn't a variation on the same old thing. This is new, brand-new, something you'd never guess or dream up. When you hear this you won't be able to say, ‘I knew that all along.' You've never been good listeners to me. You have a history of ignoring me, A sorry track record of fickle attachments— rebels from the womb. But out of the sheer goodness of my heart, because of who I am, I keep a tight rein on my anger and hold my temper. I don't wash my hands of you. Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. Out of myself, simply because of who I am, I do what I do. I have my reputation to keep up. I'm not playing second fiddle to either gods or people. "Listen, Jacob. Listen, Israel— I'm the One who named you! I'm the One. I got things started and, yes, I'll wrap them up. Earth is my work, handmade. And the skies—I made them, too, horizon to horizon. When I speak, they're on their feet, at attention. "Come everybody, gather around, listen: Who among the gods has delivered the news? I, God , love this man Cyrus, and I'm using him to do what I want with Babylon. I, yes I, have spoken. I've called him. I've brought him here. He'll be successful. Come close, listen carefully: I've never kept secrets from you. I've always been present with you." And now, the Master, God , sends me and his Spirit with this Message from God , your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel: "I am God , your God, who teaches you how to live right and well. I show you what to do, where to go. If you had listened all along to what I told you, your life would have flowed full like a river, blessings rolling in like waves from the sea. Children and grandchildren are like sand, your progeny like grains of sand. There would be no end of them, no danger of losing touch with me." Get out of Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Shout the news. Broadcast it. Let the world know, the whole world. Tell them, " God redeemed his dear servant Jacob!" They weren't thirsty when he led them through the deserts. He made water pour out of the rock; he split the rock and the water gushed. "There is no peace," says God , "for the wicked."
But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But godliness with contentment is great gain. By "godliness" is not meant any particular grace, but all the graces of the Spirit of God; as faith, hope, love, fear, c. the whole of internal religion, as it shows itself in outward worship, and in all acts of holiness of life and conversation and which the doctrine that is according to godliness teaches and engages to; and this is gain, very great gain indeed. A man possessed of true godliness is a gaining, thriving, man: such as are godly, or truly gracious, they are come into good and happy circumstances, and are possessor of the true, solid, satisfying, durable, and unsearchable riches of grace; all their debts are paid, they are richly clothed, and deliciously fed, and are in a good family, even the household of God, who before were in debt, arrayed in rags, were in a starving condition, and strangers and foreigners; yea, they are heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ, and have both a right and a meetness for the heavenly inheritance; they are now made kings and priests to God, and, in the present state of things, have God to be their portion, and exceeding great reward; they have an interest in Christ, and in all spiritual blessings in him, and have the Spirit as the earnest of their future inheritance; they are rich in faith, and in good works; their souls, which were lost, are gained, and shall be saved with an everlasting salvation; and ere long they will be possessed of all the riches of glory, signified by a house not made with hands, a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God, an incorruptible inheritance, and a kingdom and glory: how great is the gain of godliness! And what adds to this gain, and now goes along with it, is "contentment"; for this is not to be considered as the condition of godliness being great gain, as if it was not so without it; but as the effect of godliness, what that produces, and as a part of its gain. The word here used signifies "sufficiency"; and so it is rendered in the Vulgate Latin version: it designs a competency of the good things of this life; and what that is, is expressed in
1Ti 6:8 and such God gives to them that fear him, his godly ones, who shall lack no good thing convenient for them; for godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come; and God does give to such all things pertaining to life and godliness, even all things richly to enjoy. The word indeed properly signifies "self-sufficiency", which in its strict sense, only belongs to God, who is "El-Shaddai", God all-sufficient and self-sufficient; but here it intends such a sufficiency as a man himself judges to be so; for this phrase does not so much design the thing itself, which is a sufficiency, as the opinion, the sense which the godly man has of it, who himself judges it, as Jacob did, to be enough; and such a man is content with what he has, and thankful for it, submits quietly to the will of God, and patiently bears every adverse providence: and this is now the fruit and effect of godliness, or true grace, and is a considerable part of that gain which godliness brings with it; and such a man is a happy man indeed, let his circumstances be what they will. The Jews have a saying n, that
"he is a rich man whose spirit rests in, or is contented with his riches;''
that is, as the gloss explains it.
"who rejoices in his portion, be it little or much: thus, though godliness is not gain, nor gain godliness, in the sense of the false teachers, yet is it true gain in a spiritual sense.''
n T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 25. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But godliness - Piety; religion. The meaning is, that real religion should be regarded as the greatest and most valuable acquisition. “With contentment.” This word, as now used, refers to a state of mind; a calm and satisfied feeling; a freedom from murmuring and complaining. The idea is, that “piety, connected with a contented mind - or a mind acquiescing in the allotments of life - is to be regarded as the real gain.” Tyndale gives substantially the same interpretation: “Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath” Coverdale: “Howbeit, it is of great advantage, who is so godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath.” The word which is used here - αὐτάρκεια autarkeia - means, properly, “self-sufficency,” and is used here, in a good sense, to denote a mind satisfied with its lot. If there be true religion, united with its proper accompaniment, peace of mind, it is to be regarded as the true riches. The object of the apostle seems to be, to rebuke those who supposed that property constituted everything that was worth living for. He tells them, therefore, that the true gain, the real riches which we ought to seek, is religion, with a contented mind. This does more to promote happiness than wealth can ever do, and this is what should be regarded as the great object of life.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Timothy 6:6. But godliness with contentment is great gain. — The word godliness, ευσεβεια, here, and in several other places of this epistle, signifies the true religion, Christianity; and the word contentment, αυταρκεια, signifies a competency, a sufficiency; that measure or portion of secular things which is necessary for the support of life, while the great work of regeneration is carrying on in the soul. Not what this or the other person may deem a competency, but what is necessary for the mere purposes of life in reference to another world; food, raiment, and lodging. See 1 Timothy 6:7. So, if a man have the life of God in his soul, and just a sufficiency of food and raiment to preserve and not burden life, he has what God calls great gain, an abundant portion.
It requires but little of this world's goods to satisfy a man who feels himself to be a citizen of another country, and knows that this is not his rest.
