Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
6 Well, religion does make us very rich, if we are satisfied with what we have.
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But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 What did we bring into the world? Nothing! What can we take out of the world? Nothing!
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For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
8 So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.
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But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
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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 For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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