1 Timoteo 6:7

7 Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo, y sin duda nada podremos sacar

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 porfías de hombres corruptos de entendimiento y privados de la verdad, que tienen la piedad por fuente de ganancia; apártate de los tales

6 Pero gran ganancia es la piedad con contentamiento

7 Porque nada hemos traído a este mundo, y sin duda nada podremos sacar

8 Así que, teniendo sustento y con qué cubrirnos, estemos contentos con esto

9 Porque los que quieren enriquecerse, caen en tentación y en lazo, y en muchas codicias locas y dañosas, que hunden a los hombres en destrucción y perdición