Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 6:9
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9. will be rich —have more than " food and raiment." Greek, " wish to be rich"; not merely are willing, but are resolved, and earnestly desire to have riches at any cost ( Proverbs 28:20 ; Proverbs 28:22 ). This wishing (not the riches themselves) is fatal to "contentment" ( Proverbs 28:22- : ). Rich men are not told to cast away their riches, but not to "trust" in them, and to "do good" with them ( 1 Timothy 6:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:18 ; Psalms 62:10 ). fall into temptation —not merely "are exposed to temptation," but actually " fall into " it. The falling into it is what we are to pray against, "Lead us not into temptation" ( Psalms 62:10- : ); such a one is already in a sinful state, even before any overt act of sin. The Greek for "temptation" and "gain" contains a play on sounds— porasmus, peirasmus. snare —a further step downwards ( 1 Timothy 3:7 ). He falls into "the snare of the devil." foolish —irrational. hurtful —to those who fall into the snare. Compare 1 Timothy 3:7- : , "deceitful lusts" which deceive to one's deadly hurt. lusts —With the one evil lust (" wish to be rich") many others join themselves: the one is the "root of all evils" ( 1 Timothy 3:7- : ). which — Greek, "whatever (lusts)." drown —an awful descending climax from "fall into"; this is the last step in the terrible descent ( James 1:15 ); translated "sink," Luke 5:7 . destruction . . . perdition — destruction in general (temporal or eternal), and perdition in particular, namely, that of body and soul in hell. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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