1 Timothy 6:8

1 Timothy chapter 6 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Context

v.7for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out;

v.8This passage

v.9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
Genesis 48:15
And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
Deuteronomy 2:7
For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?