1 Timothy 6:6
“But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine.”
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1 Timothy 6:6 Context
4Hee is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and strifes of wordes, whereof commeth enuie, strife, railings, euill surmisings, 5Peruerse disputings of men of corrupt mindes, and destitute of the trueth, supposing that gaine is godlinesse: From such withdraw thy selfe. 6But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine. 7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certaine we can cary nothing out. 8And hauing food and raiment let vs be therewith content.
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- King James Version
But godliness {actually} is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.
- New American Standard Version (1995)