Wednesday, January 8, 2020

1 Timothy 6:6-8

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we have brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 

But godliness with contentment 
Philippians 4:11  I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
Hebrews 13:5  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Deuteronomy 31:6)

is great gain 
1 Timothy 4:8  For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it 
Job 1:20-22  At this Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised." In all this Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.
Psalm 49:16-17  Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. 
Ecclesiastes 5:15  Everyone comes naked from their mother's womb, and as everyone comes so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that 
Proverbs 30:8  "Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread."
Matthew 6:25  "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?"
Matthew 6:33  "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (see verses 25-34)

(parentheses are mine)

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