1 Timothy 6:11

Contextual Overview

⁶But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁶ But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. ⁶But godliness actually is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment. ⁶But those who ride with a pure heart and contentment are the real ones who will prosper. ⁶ But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit: ⁶ But piety with contentment *is* great gain. ⁶ But godliness with contentment is a great gain. ⁶ But godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁶ But godliness with content is great gain.

Bible Verse Review
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But: 2 Timothy 2:22

O man: 1 Timothy 6:20, Deuteronomy 33:1, 1 Samuel 2:27, 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:26, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:24, 1 Kings 20:28, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:13, 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Kings 23:17, 1 Chronicles 23:14, 2 Chronicles 8:14, Nehemiah 12:24, Nehemiah 12:36, Jeremiah 35:4, 2 Timothy 3:17

flee: 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 10:14, 2 Timothy 2:22

and: 1 Timothy 5:10, Deuteronomy 16:20, Psalms 34:14, Psalms 38:20, Isaiah 51:1, Romans 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:1, 2 Timothy 2:22, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 3:11

righteousness: 1 Timothy 4:12, Galatians 5:22, Galatians 5:23, Philippians 4:8, Philippians 4:9, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, 2 Peter 1:5-7

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:30 - service Joshua 14:6 - the man Judges 13:6 - A man 1 Kings 12:22 - General 2 Kings 4:9 - man of God 2 Chronicles 11:2 - the man 2 Chronicles 25:7 - a man of God Psalms 37:11 - the meek Psalms 90:1 - the man Proverbs 15:9 - he loveth Proverbs 21:21 - that Proverbs 24:6 - by Matthew 5:5 - the meek Matthew 5:19 - do Romans 7:23 - another Romans 9:30 - followed Romans 12:12 - patient Romans 16:21 - Timotheus 2 Corinthians 6:4 - in much Ephesians 4:2 - lowliness Ephesians 5:9 - righteousness Philippians 3:12 - I follow Colossians 4:17 - Take 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - be 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - ever 1 Timothy 1:4 - godly 1 Timothy 3:3 - patient 1 Timothy 4:7 - exercise 2 Timothy 2:24 - the servant 2 Timothy 2:25 - In 2 Timothy 3:10 - faith Titus 1:8 - sober James 3:13 - with meekness 2 Peter 1:6 - godliness 2 Peter 3:11 - godliness

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.

Genesis 6:1
When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thou, O man of God,.... Not only by creation, as every man is; nor merely by special grace, as everyone is, that is chosen of God, redeemed by Christ, and regenerated and sanctified by the Spirit; but by his peculiar office, as an evangelist and minister of the word, being qualified for, and devoted to, and employed in the service of God. The phrase is taken out of the Old Testament, where the prophets, Elijah and Elisha, are so called, 2 Kings 1:9,

flee these things; the Arabic version reads "these abominations"; namely, all questions and strifes of words, from whence so many evils follow, 1 Timothy 6:4 and all worldly gain, selfish interest, and mercenary views in religion; a wicked resolution to be rich, at any rate, and an immoderate love of the things of the world, and an eager pursuit after them, which expose to great danger, and even utter ruin; things very unbecoming any professor of religion, but much more a minister of the Gospel.

And follow after righteousness; not for justification before God, that he had followed after, and attained unto, which is the righteousness of Christ, and not of the law; but for the honour of religion before men; and intends the doing of justice between man and man, giving everyone their own, which in undue affection for the world sometimes leads men from:

godliness; spiritual religion, holiness of heart, and conversation, which has the promise of this life, as well as of the other, and with contentment is great gain; wherefore to pursue this is much better than greedily to run after the riches of this world, or with the false teachers to suppose that godliness lies in worldly gain, or in securing to a man his worldly interest:

faith; the grace of faith, which looks not to things seen, which are temporal, but to things not seen, which are eternal; and leads off the mind from sublunary enjoyments to God, and Christ, and the glories of another world; and is the leading grace to all others, and the foundation of good works, without which there is no pleasing in acts of moral righteousness, or in any acts of religious worship, which may be called godliness:

love; to God, which is inconsistent with serving mammon, or with an immoderate love of money; and to Christ, which will put a man on seeking, not his own things, but the things of Christ; and to the saints, which will direct him to serve them by acts of beneficence and liberality:

patience; in bearing reproaches and indignities; in suffering injuries, loss of goods, imprisonment, and every sort of persecution, for the sake of the Gospel; which a covetous disposition will not admit of: last of all,

meekness; or humility, not seeking great things, but being content with a lower station of life; for generally it is pride that puts men upon a determination to be rich at any rate: it may also design meekness in instructing the ignorant, in refuting error, and in reproving offenders.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, O man of God, flee these things - These allurements of wealth, and these sad consequences which the love of gold produces.

And follow after righteousness, ... - Make these the grand object of your pursuit. On the virtues here enumerated, see the notes on Galatians 5:22-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. But thou, O man of God — Thou, who hast taken God for thy portion, and art seeking a city that hath foundations, whose builder is the living God, flee these things. Escape for thy life. Even thou art not out of the reach of the love of money. How many of the ministers of religion have been ruined by this! And how much has religion itself suffered by their love of money!

Follow after righteousness — Justice and uprightness in all thy dealings with men. Godliness-a thorough conformity to the image of God and mind of Christ. Faith in Jesus, and in all that he has spoken; and fidelity to the talents thou hast received, and the office with which thou art intrusted.

Love — To God and all mankind. Patience in all trials and afflictions.

Meekness. — Bearing up with an even mind under all adversities and contradictions.