1 Timotheüs 6:7

7 Want wij hebben niets in de wereld gebracht, het is openbaar, dat wij ook niet kunnen iets daaruit dragen.

1 Timotheüs 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 Timotheüs 6:7 In-Context

5 Verkeerde krakelingen van mensen, die een verdorven verstand hebben, en van de waarheid beroofd zijn, menende, dat de godzaligheid een gewin zij. Wijk af van dezulken.

6 Doch de godzaligheid is een groot gewin met vergenoeging.

7 Want wij hebben niets in de wereld gebracht, het is openbaar, dat wij ook niet kunnen iets daaruit dragen.

8 Maar als wij voedsel en deksel hebben, wij zullen daarmede vergenoegd zijn.

9 Doch die rijk willen worden, vallen in verzoeking, en in den strik, en in vele dwaze en schadelijke begeerlijkheden, welke de mensen doen verzinken in verderf en ondergang.