and constant friction among people (A)who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, (B)imagining that godliness is a means of gain. But (C)godliness (D)with contentment is great gain, for (E)we brought nothing into the world, and[a] we cannot take anything out of the world. But (F)if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But (G)those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, (H)into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that (I)plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:7 Greek for; some manuscripts insert [it is] certain [that]

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