1 Timothy 6:8 KJV — MannaFest

1 Timothy 6:8

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

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ASV

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

WEB

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

YLT

but having food and raiment--with these we shall suffice ourselves;

DBT

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

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1 Timothy — Paul's first pastoral letter to his son in the faith. Guarding the deposit: sound doctrine, church order, pastoral responsibility.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia after a first release

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1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Hebrews 13:5–6
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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Some account Christianity an advantageous profession for this world. In the sense they mean this is false; yet it is undoubtedly true that, though Christianity is the worst trade, it is the best calling in the world.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If nature should be content with a little, grace should be content with less; though we have not dainty food, though we have not costly raiment, if we have but food and raiment convenient for us we ought to be content. This was Agur's prayer: Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me, Prov. xxx.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And--Greek, "But." In contrast to the greedy gain-seekers (1Ti 6:5). having--so long as we have food. (The Greek expresses "food sufficient in each case for our continually recurring wants" [ALFORD]).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Covering - That is, raiment and an house to cover us. This is all that a Christian needs, and all that his religion allows him to desire.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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