1 Timoteo 6:7

7 Porque nada hemos traído al mundo, así que nada podemos sacar de él.

1 Timoteo 6:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into this world
Which is a reason both clearly showing that godliness is great gain, since those who have it brought nothing into the world with them but sin, and yet are now in such happy circumstances as before described; and that godly persons should be content with what they have, even of worldly things, seeing they are so much more than they had when they came into the world, into which they came naked; and which should be a quieting consideration under the most stripping providences; see ( Job 1:21 )

and it is certain we can carry nothing out:
as men come into the world, so will they go out of it; nor will they need their worldly substance after death, any more than they did before they were born; and what they now have, and use not, will then be lost to them, whatever gain it may be to others: wherefore it becomes them cheerfully to use what they have, and be content therewith; see ( Ecclesiastes 5:15 Ecclesiastes 5:16 ) . The Jews have a saying like this ^F15, that

``as a man comes (into the world), (Nyjylxb) , "simply" or "nakedly", so he goes out in like manner.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 42. fol. 36. 3.

1 Timoteo 6:7 In-Context

5 y constantes rencillas entre hombres de mente depravada, que están privados de la verdad, que suponen que la piedad es un medio de ganancia.

6 Pero la piedad, en efecto, es un medio de gran ganancia cuando va acompañada de contentamiento.

7 Porque nada hemos traído al mundo, así que nada podemos sacar de él.

8 Y si tenemos qué comer y con qué cubrirnos, con eso estaremos contentos.

9 Pero los que quieren enriquecerse caen en tentación y lazo y en muchos deseos necios y dañosos que hunden a los hombres en la ruina y en la perdición.

Footnotes

• [a]. Algunos mss. posteriores dicen: y es claro que