1 Timothy 6:8

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Literal

But having sustenance and coverings, with these we will be content.

Latin

Habentes autem alimenta, et quibus tegamur, his contenti simus.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

1 Timothy 6:2–10

This paragraph reveals that the true desire of false teachers is wealth, not God.

1 Timothy 6:2–21

The final major part of the letter focuses on Timothy's need to challenge the false teachers. This section mirrors the structure of 1:3–20.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul)

Related verses

Hebrews 13:5–6
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:25–33
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Proverbs 30:8–9
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
Ecclesiastes 2:24–26
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
Proverbs 27:23–27
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Deuteronomy 8:3–4
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Church Meetings Timothy, First Letter to

Topics

Being Content Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Contentment: General Scriptures Concerning Contentment: Saints should Exhibit with Food and Raiment Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Riches: General Scriptures Concerning

1 Timothy 6:8

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