1 Timothy 6:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

1 Timothy 6:8 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 6:25-33
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? …
Proverbs 30:8-9
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: …
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Topics

Avarice Beneficence Care Carnal Mindedness Cheerfulness Contentment Covetousness Cupidity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-12)

From the mention of the abuse which some put upon religion, making it to serve their secular advantages, the apostle, I. Takes occasion to show the excellency of contentment and the evil of covetousness. 1. The excellency of contentment, 1 Tim. 6:6-8. Some account Christianity an advantageous profession for this world. In the sense they mean this is false; yet it is undoubtedly true that, though C…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. 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]). It is implied that we, as believers, shall have this (Is 23:16). raiment--Greek, “covering”; according to some including a roof to cover us, that is, a dwelling, as well as clothing. let us be the…