1 Timotheus 6:7

7 Denn wir haben nichts in die Welt gebracht; darum offenbar ist, wir werden auch nichts hinausbringen.

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 Schulgezänke solcher Menschen, die zerrüttete Sinne haben und der Wahrheit beraubt sind, die da meinen, Gottseligkeit sei ein Gewerbe. Tue dich von solchen!

6 Es ist aber ein großer Gewinn, wer gottselig ist und lässet sich genügen.

7 Denn wir haben nichts in die Welt gebracht; darum offenbar ist, wir werden auch nichts hinausbringen.

8 Wenn wir aber Nahrung und Kleider haben, so lasset uns genügen.

9 Denn die da reich werden wollen, die fallen in Versuchung und Stricke und viel törichte und schädliche Lüste, welche versenken die Menschen ins Verderben und Verdammnis.