1 Timothy 6:8
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Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these.

New American Standard Bible

If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

King James Version

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

International Standard Version

With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.

A Conservative Version

but having food and covering we will be content with these.

American Standard Version

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Amplified

But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

An Understandable Version

But if we have [enough] food and clothing, we will [i.e., should] be content with that.

Anderson New Testament

And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.

Bible in Basic English

But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

Common New Testament

But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.

Daniel Mace New Testament

we ought to think that sufficient. but they who will be rich, expose

Darby Translation

But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

Godbey New Testament

however having food and raiment we shall be contented with these.

Goodspeed New Testament

If we have food and clothing we will be satisfied.

John Wesley New Testament

Having then food and covering, with these let us be content.

Julia Smith Translation

And having sustenance and covering, with these let us be contented.

King James 2000

And having food and clothing let us be with these things content.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But [if we] have food and clothing, with these [things] we will be content.

Modern King James verseion

But having food and clothing, we will be content.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content.

Moffatt New Testament

If we have food and clothes, we must be content with that.

Montgomery New Testament

So if we have food and shelter, let us be content with that.

NET Bible

But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that.

New Heart English Bible

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Noyes New Testament

If we have, then, food and raiment, we will be therewith content.

Sawyer New Testament

but having food and clothing let us be contented with them.

The Emphasized Bible

And, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Having then food and raiment, let us be therewith content.

Twentieth Century New Testament

So, with food and shelter, we will be content.

Webster

And having food and raiment, with these let us be content.

Weymouth New Testament

and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.

Williams New Testament

If we have food and clothes we will be satisfied.

World English Bible

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

Worrell New Testament

but, having food and raiment, with these we shall be content.

Worsley New Testament

having therefore food and raiment, let us be herewith content.

Youngs Literal Translation

but having food and raiment -- with these we shall suffice ourselves;

Themes

Contentment » Contentment, the duty of

Contentment » Being content with what you have

Contentment » Saints should exhibit » With food and raiment

Destruction » What destroys people

Man » Man entering and leaving the world with nothing

Topics

Contentment

Need

Food Is Fitting

Being Content

shelter

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
G1161
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

having
G2192
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

food
G1305
διατροφή 
Diatrophe 
food
Usage: 1

and
G2532

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

raiment
G4629
σκέπασμα 
Skepasma 
raiment
Usage: 1

let us be
G714
ἀρκέω 
Arkeo 
be content, be sufficient, be enough, suffice, content
Usage: 6

therewith
G5125
τούτοις 
Toutois 
these, these things, this, such, them, therein, therewith, those, therewith Trans, not tr
Usage: 17

References

Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 6:8

Verse Info

Context Readings

False Teachers And The Love Of Money

7 For we brought nothing into the world,
and we can take nothing out.
 8 But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these. 9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.


Other Readings

Food and Clothing

Let Us

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 48:15

Then he blessed Joseph and said:

The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.’

Deuteronomy 8:3-4

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Proverbs 27:23-27

Know well the condition of your flock,
and pay attention to your herds,

Proverbs 30:8-9

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25-33

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Hebrews 13:5-6

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

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