1 Timotheus 6:7

7 denn wir haben nichts in die Welt hereingebracht, so ist es offenbar, daß wir auch nichts hinausbringen können.

1 Timotheus 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 Timotheus 6:7 In-Context

5 beständige Zänkereien von Menschen, die an der Gesinnung verderbt und von der Wahrheit entblößt sind, welche meinen, die Gottseligkeit sei ein Mittel zum Gewinn.

6 Die Gottseligkeit aber mit Genügsamkeit ist ein großer Gewinn;

7 denn wir haben nichts in die Welt hereingebracht, so ist es offenbar, daß wir auch nichts hinausbringen können.

8 Wenn wir aber Nahrung und Bedeckung haben, so wollen wir uns daran genügen lassen.

9 Die aber reich werden wollen, fallen in Versuchung und Fallstrick und in viele unvernünftige und schädliche Lüste, welche die Menschen versenken in Verderben und Untergang.