Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 6:10

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10. the love of money —not the money itself, but the love of it—the wishing to be rich ( 1 Timothy 6:9 ) —"is a root (ELLICOTT and MIDDLETON: not as English Version, ' the root') of all evils. " (So the Greek plural). The wealthiest may be rich not in a bad sense; the poorest may covet to be so ( 1 Timothy 6:9- : ). Love of money is not the sole root of evils, but it is a leading "root of bitterness" ( 1 Timothy 6:9- : ), for "it destroys faith, the root of all that is good" [BENGEL]; its offshoots are "temptation, a snare, lusts, destruction, perdition." coveted after —lusted after. erred from —literally, "have been made to err from the faith" ( 1 Timothy 1:19 ; 1 Timothy 4:1 ). pierced — ( 1 Timothy 4:1- : ). with . . . sorrows —"pains": "thorns" of the parable ( 1 Timothy 4:1- : ) which choke the word of "faith." "The prosperity of fools destroys them" ( 1 Timothy 4:1- : ). BENGEL and WIESINGER make them the gnawings of conscience, producing remorse for wealth badly acquired; the harbingers of the future "perdition" ( 1 Timothy 4:1- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"

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