GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
6 A godly life brings huge profits to people who are content with what they have.
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 We didn't bring anything into the world, and we can't take anything out of it.
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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
8 As long as we have food and clothes, we should be satisfied.
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But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
9 But people who want to get rich keep falling into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires which drown them in destruction and ruin.
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Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
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