Rejecting False Teaching and the Dangers of Loving Money
1 Timothy 6:3-10
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1Tim.6.3 - Details
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Parallels
- Titus 1:9 (verbal): Commands the appointed elder to hold firmly to 'sound doctrine' and be able to refute opponents — echoes 1 Tim 6:3's emphasis on agreeing with healthy/sound teaching.
- 2 Timothy 4:3-4 (thematic): Predicts a time when people 'will not endure sound teaching' and will turn to myths — parallels the warning against teachers of 'different doctrine' who reject sound words.
- Colossians 2:8 (thematic): Warns against being taken captive by 'philosophy and empty deceit' not according to Christ — relates to rejecting teachings that are not of our Lord Jesus Christ or godliness.
- 1 Timothy 1:3-4 (structural): Paul's earlier charge to Timothy in Ephesus to oppose 'strange doctrines' and myths complements 6:3's injunction against differing teaching and the need for sound, godly instruction.
Alternative generated candidates
- If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
- If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
1Tim.6.4 - Details
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Parallels
- 2 Timothy 2:23 (verbal): Uses near‑identical warning against 'foolish and ignorant disputes' and explicitly links such controversies to quarrels/strife, echoing 1 Tim 6:4's critique of contentious argumentation.
- Titus 3:9 (verbal): Commands avoidance of 'foolish controversies, genealogies, strife, and disputes'—a closely parallel catalogue and instruction to reject unprofitable argumentation like that condemned in 1 Tim 6:4.
- James 3:14–16 (thematic): Links bitter envy and selfish ambition to disorder and 'every vile practice,' thematically paralleling 1 Tim 6:4's association of contentious inquiry with envy, strife, and harmful outcomes.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3 (thematic): Speaks of jealousy and strife among believers as evidence of worldly/fleshly behavior—resonates with 1 Tim 6:4's list (envy, strife) as characteristics produced by contentious disputes.
Alternative generated candidates
- he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing; he has an unhealthy appetite for controversies and quarrels over words, from which come envy, dissension, slanderous suspicions,
- he is conceited and understands nothing; he has an unhealthy interest in disputes and arguments about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive talk, and evil suspicions,
1Tim.6.5 - Details
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Parallels
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10 (thematic): Same section of Paul’s letter linking the desire for wealth with ruin; develops the idea that pursuit of gain (and love of money) contradicts genuine godliness.
- Titus 1:11 (verbal): Condemns those who 'teach things they ought not, for dishonest gain'—a direct parallel to corrupt teachers who treat religion as a means of financial profit.
- 2 Peter 2:3 (verbal): Speaks of false teachers who, 'through covetousness,' exploit others with deceptive words and bring truth into disrepute, echoing 'corrupt minds' and being 'deprived of the truth.'
- Matthew 6:24 (thematic): Jesus’ teaching that one cannot serve both God and money parallels the contrast between true piety and treating religion as a means of gain.
Alternative generated candidates
- constant friction among men of depraved mind, who are deprived of the truth and suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
- and constant friction among men corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a means of gain.
1Tim.6.6 - Details
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Parallels
- Philippians 4:11-12 (verbal): Paul speaks of having 'learned' to be content in every circumstance—echoing the theme and language of contentment (autarkeia) paired with spiritual well‑being.
- Hebrews 13:5 (thematic): The writer urges believers to be content with what they have and to trust God's presence—teaching very similar to the counsel that godliness with contentment is great gain.
- 1 Timothy 6:10 (structural): Placed in the same chapter as 6:6, this verse contrasts the blessing of godliness with contentment by warning that the love of money leads to many evils—showing the opposite danger to which contentment responds.
- Luke 12:15 (thematic): Jesus warns against all forms of greed and asserts that life does not consist in abundance of possessions, reinforcing the moral and spiritual value of contentment over wealth.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 (thematic): Solomon observes that the lover of money is never satisfied, a wisdom parallel emphasizing the necessity of contentment as a truly gainful state.
Alternative generated candidates
- But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Tim.6.7 - Details
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Parallels
- Job 1:21 (verbal): Job’s confession “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return” expresses the same idea that humans enter and leave life with nothing—echoed in Paul’s statement.
- Ecclesiastes 5:15 (verbal): Qoheleth observes that a person comes into the world naked and goes out likewise, and cannot carry away the fruit of his labor—nearly the same sentiment about inability to take possessions at death.
- Luke 12:15-21 (thematic): The parable of the rich fool warns against hoarding wealth and trusting in possessions, since death can come and goods cannot be taken—a practical application of the truth that we brought nothing into the world.
- Mark 8:36 (thematic): Jesus’ question about the profit of gaining the whole world but losing one’s soul parallels Paul’s point that worldly gain is ultimately pointless because we cannot carry it with us beyond death.
Alternative generated candidates
- For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot carry anything out.
- For we brought nothing into the world, and of course we can carry nothing out.
1Tim.6.8 - Details
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Parallels
- 1 Timothy 6:6 (structural): Immediate context: the epistle links 'godliness with contentment' and contrasts contentment with the desire for wealth that follows in vv.9–10, framing 6:8 as the practical expression of that teaching.
- Hebrews 13:5 (verbal): Uses the language of being 'content with what you have' and warns against the love of money, echoing 6:8's sufficiency of food and clothing as grounds for contentment.
- Philippians 4:11–12 (thematic): Paul's teaching that he has 'learned to be content in any circumstance' resonates with 6:8's claim that basic provision (food and clothing) is enough for contentment.
- Matthew 6:25–34 (thematic): Jesus' instruction not to be anxious about food and clothing parallels the concern for basic needs and the call to trust God's provision implied in 1 Tim 6:8.
- Proverbs 30:8–9 (thematic): A wisdom-saying pleading for neither poverty nor riches—asking for enough bread and clothing to avoid dishonor—reflects the biblical ideal of modest sufficiency behind 6:8.
Alternative generated candidates
- If we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
- But if we have food and clothing, let us be content with these.
1Tim.6.9 - Details
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Parallels
- 1 Timothy 6:10 (structural): Immediate continuation in the same context: identifies the love of money as the root cause of various evils that lead to ruin, explaining why those who want to be rich fall into temptation and destruction.
- Mark 4:18-19 (verbal): Speaks of 'the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and desires for other things' that choke the word—language and imagery similar to 'many foolish and harmful desires' that plunge people into ruin.
- Luke 12:15-21 (thematic): Parable of the rich fool: greedy accumulation and desire for more lead to sudden loss and judgment, illustrating how covetousness and the pursuit of riches bring ruin.
- Matthew 19:23-24 (thematic): Jesus' warning that it is hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven treats wealth as a spiritual obstacle—echoing the theme that desire for riches brings spiritual peril and destruction.
- James 4:1-3 (thematic): Attributes quarrels and harmful actions to sinful desires and passions; parallels the idea that many desires lead to harmful outcomes and human ruin.
Alternative generated candidates
- But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
1Tim.6.10 - Details
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Parallels
- 1 Timothy 6:9 (structural): Immediate context: warns that those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and many harmful desires, leading into v.10's statement about love of money as a root of evils.
- Matthew 6:24 (thematic): Jesus' teaching that one cannot serve God and mammon parallels the warning that love of money leads to spiritual misdirection and moral conflict.
- Hebrews 13:5 (verbal): Explicit injunction against loving money ('keep your life free from love of money') echoes 1 Tim 6:10's condemnation of philargyria and its dangers.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 (verbal): Wisdom saying that whoever loves money will not be satisfied parallels the portrayal of love of money producing futile pursuit and negative consequences.
- Luke 12:15 (thematic): Jesus' warning to 'beware of all covetousness' and the story of the rich fool illustrate how greed/attachment to wealth leads to ruin, resonating with v.10's consequences.
Alternative generated candidates
- For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; some, by craving it, have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils; by craving it some have wandered away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
he is puffed up with conceit and knows nothing; he has a morbid interest in disputes and arguments about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive speech, and evil suspicions.
From these arise constant friction among men corrupted in mind and robbed of the truth, who regard godliness as a means of gain. But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
If we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils; by craving it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.