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Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. <a href="/nlt/1_timothy/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/esv/1_timothy/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/1_timothy/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/blb/1_timothy/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils, which some, stretching after, have been seduced away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/kjv/1_timothy/6.htm">King James Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/6.htm">New King James Version</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. <a href="/nasb/1_timothy/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. <a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang. <a href="/lsb/1_timothy/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. <a href="/amp/1_timothy/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows. <a href="/csb/1_timothy/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. <a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. <a href="/asv/1_timothy/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/cev/1_timothy/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain. <a href="/erv/1_timothy/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/gwt/1_timothy/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief. <a href="/gnt/1_timothy/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows. <a href="/isv/1_timothy/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain. <a href="/net/1_timothy/6.htm">NET Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains. <a href="/nheb/1_timothy/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/wbt/1_timothy/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some have coveted, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/wey/1_timothy/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/1_timothy/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/web/1_timothy/6.htm">World English Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for the love of money is a root of all the evils, which certain [ones] longing for went astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows; <a href="/blb/1_timothy/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils, which some, stretching after, have been seduced away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/ylt/1_timothy/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows; <a href="/slt/1_timothy/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the root of all evils is the love of money: which some striving for, have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many pains.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_timothy/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows. <a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows. <a href="/nabre/1_timothy/6.htm">New American Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. <a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the love of money is the root of all evil: and there are some men who have coveted it and have thereby erred from the faith, they have brought to themselves many sorrows. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_timothy/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For the love of money is the root of all evil; through the desire of which, some have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.<CM> <a href="/godbey/1_timothy/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For the love of money is a root of all evils: which some seeking after have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/haweis/1_timothy/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting, have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.<CM> <a href="/mace/1_timothy/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains. <a href="/wey/1_timothy/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows. <a href="/worrell/1_timothy/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For the love of money is a root of all the evils; which some reaching after wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/worsley/1_timothy/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting after have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <a href="/parallel/1_timothy/6-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkcLX59OJyU?start=929" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/6.htm">Contentment in Godliness</a> …9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. 10<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5365.htm" title="5365: philargyria (N-NFS) -- Love of money, avarice, covetousness. From philarguros; avarice.">love of money</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/4491.htm" title="4491: rhiza (N-NFS) -- A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. Apparently a primary word; a root.">the root</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all kinds</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2556.htm" title="2556: kakōn (Adj-GNP) -- Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.">of evil.</a> <a href="/greek/3713.htm" title="3713: oregomenoi (V-PPM-NMP) -- To stretch forth, mid: To hanker after, long for, be eager for, aspire to. ">By craving</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hēs (RelPro-GFS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">it,</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tines (IPro-NMP) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">some</a> <a href="/greek/635.htm" title="635: apeplanēthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To cause to go astray; pass: To be led astray. From apo and planao; to lead astray; passively, to stray.">have wandered</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">away from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pisteōs (N-GFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4044.htm" title="4044: periepeiran (V-AIA-3P) -- To put on a spit; met: I pierce, wound deeply. From peri and the base of peran; to penetrate entirely, i.e. Transfix.">pierced</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautous (RefPro-AM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">themselves</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: pollais (Adj-DFP) -- Much, many; often. ">with many</a> <a href="/greek/3601.htm" title="3601: odynais (N-DFP) -- Pain, sorrow, distress, of body or mind. From duno; grief.">sorrows.</a> 11But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a> No one can serve two masters: 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 both God and money. <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a> Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a> He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a> He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. <a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a> And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” <a href="/mark/4-19.htm">Mark 4:19</a> but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <a href="/james/4-1.htm">James 4:1-3</a> What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? / You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. / And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. <a href="/proverbs/28-20.htm">Proverbs 28:20</a> A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished. <a href="/matthew/13-22.htm">Matthew 13:22</a> The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. <a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13-14</a> No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and money.” / The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus. <a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a> He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage. <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">2 Timothy 3:2</a> For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a> They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.the love.<a href="/genesis/34-23.htm">Genesis 34:23,24</a> Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us… <a href="/genesis/38-16.htm">Genesis 38:16</a> And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?<a href="/exodus/23-7.htm">Exodus 23:7,8</a> Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked… coveted.<a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">1 Timothy 6:21</a> Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. <a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">2 Timothy 4:10</a> For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.<a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a> Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.erred.<a href="/genesis/29-14.htm">Genesis 29:14,26,31</a> And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month… <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">2 Kings 5:27</a> The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.<a href="/psalms/32-10.htm">Psalm 32:10</a> Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Countless</a> <a href="/acts/20-33.htm">Coveted</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">Craving</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-25.htm">Evils</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-6.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-5.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Griefs</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-15.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">Money</a> <a href="/john/19-37.htm">Pierce</a> <a href="/acts/2-37.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/romans/15-12.htm">Root</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Sorrows</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-10.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Unnumbered</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-6.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/acts/19-16.htm">Wounded</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Countless</a> <a href="/joshua/7-21.htm">Coveted</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Craving</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Erred</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-14.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">Evils</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/titus/3-8.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">Greed</a> <a href="/job/9-28.htm">Griefs</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">Money</a> <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Pierce</a> <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-15.htm">Root</a> <a href="/james/5-1.htm">Sorrows</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-9.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-19.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/21-33.htm">Unnumbered</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-21.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">Wounded</a><div class="vheading2">1 Timothy 6</div>1. <a href="/1_timothy/6-1.htm">Of the duty of servants.</a> 3. <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">Not to have fellowship with newfangled teachers.</a> 6. <a href="/1_timothy/6-6.htm">Godliness is great gain;</a> 10. <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">and love of money the root of all evil.</a> 11. <a href="/1_timothy/6-11.htm">What Timothy is to flee, and what to follow.</a> 17. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">and whereof to admonish the rich.</a> 20. <a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">To keep the purity of true doctrine, and to avoid godless ideas.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_timothy/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For the love of money This phrase highlights the affection or desire for wealth rather than money itself. In biblical context, love for material wealth is often contrasted with love for God (<a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a>). The Greek word used here for "love of money" is "philargyria," which implies an excessive or insatiable desire for wealth. This concept is rooted in the Ten Commandments, where coveting is prohibited (<a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a>). The love of money can lead to idolatry, as it may replace God as the primary focus of one's life.is the root of all kinds of evil. The phrase suggests that the love of money is a foundational cause of various evils, not the sole cause of every evil. The Greek text implies a broad range of evils, indicating that this love can lead to numerous sinful behaviors. Historically, the pursuit of wealth has led to corruption, exploitation, and injustice, as seen in the stories of Achan (Joshua 7) and Judas Iscariot (<a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a>). Theologically, this aligns with the idea that sin often stems from misplaced priorities and desires.By craving it, Craving indicates a strong, often uncontrollable desire. This aligns with the biblical warnings against covetousness and greed (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>). The craving for wealth can become an obsession, leading individuals away from spiritual truths and values. This craving is a form of idolatry, where wealth becomes an object of worship, replacing God in one's heart.some have wandered away from the faith This phrase indicates a departure from Christian beliefs and practices. The imagery of wandering suggests a gradual process, often unnoticed until one is far from the intended path. In the New Testament, faith is central to the believer's life (<a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a>), and wandering from it can lead to spiritual peril. The parable of the sower (<a href="/mark/4-18.htm">Mark 4:18-19</a>) illustrates how the deceitfulness of wealth can choke the word, making it unfruitful.and pierced themselves with many sorrows. The imagery of piercing suggests self-inflicted harm, emphasizing personal responsibility for the consequences of one's desires. The sorrows mentioned are the inevitable result of prioritizing wealth over spiritual well-being. This aligns with the biblical principle that sin leads to suffering (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). The story of the rich young ruler (<a href="/mark/10-17.htm">Mark 10:17-22</a>) exemplifies how attachment to wealth can lead to sorrow and loss of eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle who authored the letter to Timothy, providing guidance and instruction for church leadership and personal conduct. 2. <a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a> A young pastor and protégé of Paul, serving in Ephesus, who received this letter as part of his pastoral training and encouragement. 3. <a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a> The city where Timothy was ministering, known for its wealth and commerce, which may have contributed to the temptations related to money. 4. <a href="/topical/e/early_church.htm">Early Church</a> The community of believers in the first century, facing various challenges including false teachings and moral issues. 5. <a href="/topical/f/false_teachers.htm">False Teachers</a> Individuals in the early church who were motivated by greed and were leading others astray with their teachings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_root_of_evil.htm">Understanding the Root of Evil</a> The verse highlights that it is not money itself, but the love of money, that is a root of all kinds of evil. This distinction is crucial for understanding the moral and spiritual dangers associated with greed. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_greed.htm">Guarding Against Greed</a> Believers are called to examine their hearts and motivations, ensuring that their desire for wealth does not lead them away from their faith and into spiritual ruin. <a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_christ.htm">Contentment in Christ</a> True contentment comes from a relationship with Christ, not from material possessions. Christians are encouraged to find their satisfaction and security in God rather than in wealth. <a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_wandering.htm">The Dangers of Wandering</a> The passage warns of the spiritual peril of wandering from the faith due to the pursuit of money. This serves as a caution to remain steadfast in one's commitment to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_craving.htm">The Consequences of Craving</a> The imagery of being "pierced with many sorrows" illustrates the self-inflicted pain and suffering that can result from an unchecked desire for wealth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_timothy_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Timothy 6</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_teach_about_money.htm">What does the Bible teach about money?</a> <a href="/q/is_money_the_root_of_all_evil.htm">Is money the root of all evil?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_churches_focus_on_wealth.htm">If greed is sinful, why do many Christian churches focus on wealth and prosperity?</a> <a href="/q/are_church_raffles_acceptable.htm">Are church raffles acceptable?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_timothy/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) For the love of money is the root of all evil.--Some would water down this strong expression by translating the Greek words by "a root of all evil," instead of "the root," making this alteration on the ground of the article not being prefixed to the Greek word rendered "root." This change, however, grammatically is unnecessary, as the article disappears before the predicate, in accordance with the well-known rule respecting subject and predicate.St. Paul had just written (<a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm" title="But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.">1Timothy 6:9</a>) of men being plunged into destruction and perdition--the awful consequence of yielding to those lusts into which the fatal love of riches had guided them; he now sums up the teaching contained in these words by pithily remarking. "Yes, for the love of money is the root of all evil," meaning thereby, not that every evil necessarily must come from "love of money," but that there is no conceivable evil which can happen to the sons and daughters of men which may not spring from covetousness--a love of gold and wealth.Which while some coveted after.--There is a slight irregularity in the image here, but the sense of the expression is perfectly clear. It is, of course, not the "love of money," strictly speaking, which "some have coveted after," but the money itself. The thought in the writer's mind probably was--The man coveting gold longs for opportunities in which his covetousness (love of money) may find a field for exercise. Such inaccuracies in language are not uncommon in St. Paul's writings, as, for instance, <a href="/romans/8-24.htm" title="For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?">Romans 8:24</a>, where he writes of "hope that is seen."They have erred from the faith.--Better rendered, they have wandered away from the faith. This vivid picture of some who had, for sake of a little gold, given up their first love--their faith--was evidently drawn by St. Paul from life. There were some in that well-known congregation at Ephesus, once faithful, now wanderers from the flock, over whom St. Paul mourned.And pierced themselves through with many sorrows.--The language and the thoughts of <a href="/psalms/16-4.htm" title="Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.">Psalm 16:4</a> were in St. Paul's mind when he wrote these words--"Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another (god)." The "many sorrows" here are, no doubt, the "gnawings of conscience," which must ever and anon harass and perplex the man or woman who, for covetousness' sake, has deserted the old paths, and has wandered away from the old loved communion of Christ.The imagery used in this tenth verse seems to be that of a man who wanders from the straight, direct path of life, to gather some poisonous, fair-seeming root growing at a distance from the right road on which he was travelling. He wanders away and plucks it; and now that he has it in his hands he finds himself pierced and wounded with its unsuspected thorns. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - A root for the root, A.V.; all kinds of for all, A.V.; some reaching after for while some coveted after, A.V.; have been led astray for they have erred, A.V.; have pierced for pierced, A.V. Love of money (φιλαργυρία); only here in the New Testament, but found in the LXX. and in classical Greek. The substantive φιλάργυρος is found in <a href="/luke/16-14.htm">Luke 16:14</a> and <a href="/2_timothy/3-2.htm">2 Timothy 3:2</a>. A root. The root is better English. Moreover, the following πάντων τῶν κακῶν (not πόλλων κακῶν) necessitates the giving a definite sense to ῤίζα, though it has not the article; and Alford shows dearly that a word like ῤίζα, especially when placed as here in an emphatic position, does not require it (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm">1 Corinthians 11:3</a>, where in the second and third clause κεφαλή, being in the emphatic place, has not the article). Alford also quotes a striking passage from Diog. Laert., in which he mentions a saying of the philosopher Diogenes that "the love of money (ἡ φιλαργυρία) is the metropolis, or home, πάντων τῶν κακῶν." Reaching after (ὀρεγόμενοι). It has been justly remarked that the phrase is slightly inaccurate. What some reach after is not "the love of money," but the money itself. To avoid this, Hofmann (quoted by Luther) makes ῤίζα the antecedent to η΅ς, and the metaphor to be of a person turning out of his path to grasp a plant which turns out to he not desirable, but a root of bitterness. This is ingenious, but hardly to be accepted as the true interpretation. Pierced themselves through (περιέπειραν); only here in the New Testament, and rare in classical Greek. But the simple verb πείρω, to "pierce through," "transfix," applied 'especially to "spitting" meat, is very common in Homer, who also applies it metaphorically exactly as St. Paul does here, to grief or pain. Ὀδύνησι πεπαρμένος, "pierced with pain" ('Il.,' 5:399). <a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/6-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. love of money φιλαργυρία (philargyria) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5365.htm">Strong's 5365: </a> Love of money, avarice, covetousness. From philarguros; avarice. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. [the] root ῥίζα (rhiza) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4491.htm">Strong's 4491: </a> A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'root'. of all kinds πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. of evil. κακῶν (kakōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2556.htm">Strong's 2556: </a> Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious. By craving ὀρεγόμενοι (oregomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3713.htm">Strong's 3713: </a> To stretch forth, mid: To hanker after, long for, be eager for, aspire to. [it], ἧς (hēs) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. some τινες (tines) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. have wandered ἀπεπλανήθησαν (apeplanēthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_635.htm">Strong's 635: </a> To cause to go astray; pass: To be led astray. From apo and planao; to lead astray; passively, to stray. away from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. faith πίστεως (pisteōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. pierced περιέπειραν (periepeiran) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4044.htm">Strong's 4044: </a> To put on a spit; met: I pierce, wound deeply. From peri and the base of peran; to penetrate entirely, i.e. Transfix. themselves ἑαυτοὺς (heautous) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. with many πολλαῖς (pollais) Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. sorrows. ὀδύναις (odynais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3601.htm">Strong's 3601: </a> Pain, sorrow, distress, of body or mind. 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