The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation,
into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires.
Keep your life free from love of money,
and be content with what you have.
You cannot serve God and money.
Paul does not say money is the root of all evil. He says the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. The craving wanders from the faith and pierces with many pangs. Those who desire to be rich fall into a snare. Contentment is the opposed word: if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. Hebrews says keep your life free from the love of money, and be content, for He has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. Jesus puts the two masters in one sentence. You cannot serve God and money.
- Greed is this love lived out. Covetousness is the want of what belongs to the neighbor. The love of money is the affection that feeds both.
- The church is told to be rich in good works, generous, ready to share. The love is refused. The money can still be used.
- Judas kept the moneybag and sold the Lord. The price was thirty pieces. The love is older than the coins.
A root, not the only root. All kinds of evils, not a proverb that money itself is evil. The command is keep your life free from that love, and be content.
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
Keep your life free from love of money.
Be content with what you have.
You cannot serve God and money.
- The phrase is the love of money, not money itself.
- It is a root of all kinds of evils, not the only root of every evil.
- The desire to be rich is the snare in the same paragraph.
- Some wandered from the faith through this craving.
- Hebrews pairs freedom from this love with contentment and the promise of His presence.
- Two masters cannot be served.
- The Love – Not the coin. The affection.
- The Root – Of all kinds of evils.
- The Snare – The desire to be rich.
- The Wound – Many pangs, a wandered faith.
- The Freedom – Keep your life free from it.
- The Master – God or money.
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10 – “But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, 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. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”
- 1 Timothy 6:6-8 – “But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.”
- Hebrews 13:5 – “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’”
- Matthew 6:24 – “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 – “He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have.
You cannot serve God and money.
He did not say money is the root of all evil. He said the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. Keep the life free from that love. Be content. You cannot serve both.
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