Greed is the love of money that will not be content.
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.
If we have food and clothing,
with these we will be content.
Greed is covetousness aimed at more. Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a snare, and many senseless and harmful desires. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. Some have wandered from the faith through it and pierced themselves with many pangs. Contentment answers with food and clothing. Godliness with contentment is great gain. Jesus says you cannot serve God and money.
- The rich fool stored barns and lost his soul the same night. The pile was not the life.
- The church is told to be generous and ready to share. Greed clings. Generosity opens the hand.
- A root is not every evil’s only cause. It is a root of all kinds. Do not shrink the warning.
Food and clothing are enough to be content. The desire to be rich is the snare. You cannot serve both.
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
Those who desire to be rich fall into a snare.
If we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
- Greed is the desire to be rich, not the mere having of money.
- The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
- It wanders from the faith and pierces with many pangs.
- Food and clothing are the contentment Paul names.
- God and money cannot both be served.
- Generosity is the open hand against the clinging one.
- The Desire – To be rich.
- The Snare – Temptation and harmful desires.
- The Root – The love of money.
- The Wound – Many pangs, a wandered faith.
- The Enough – Food and clothing.
- The Master – You cannot serve God and money.
- 1 Timothy 6:6-10 – “But godliness with contentment is great gain… if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare… 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.”
- Matthew 6:24 – “No one can serve two masters… You cannot serve God and money.”
- Luke 12:20-21 – “God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.
Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare.
If we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
You cannot serve God and money.
The desire to be rich is the snare. Food and clothing are enough. Contentment is the gain. Greed pierces.
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