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Timothy 6:9-10 - 1599 Geneva Bible
9 For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares,
and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition
and destruction.10 For the desire of money is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after they erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Heavenly Father and Creator help Your creations to understand Your words this morning. May it be revealed unto us this day – amen.
Brethren:
He sayest herein that the pursuit of wealth is wrong. In so far as it becomes and idol, of which many people chase after. It takes their eyes off of the true crown; the Crown of Glory, and the end of the race. Those, that follow this way do so at their own destruction, for it will never bring happiness in this world, and certainly will not apply in the next one. Strong's concordance describes this as the following:
Philarguria fil-ar-goo-ree'-ah from 5366; avarice:--love of money
Philarguros fil-ar'-goo-ros from 5384 and 696; fond of silver (money), i.e. avaricious:--covetous
R.P. Woitowitz Sr.
“There is no necessity for being too scrupulous in comparing other vices with this. It is certain that ambition and pride often produce worse fruits than covetousness does; and yet ambition does not proceed from covetousness. The same thing may be said of the sins forbidden by the seventh commandment. But Paul’s intention was not to include under covetousness every kind of vices that can be named. What then? He simply meant, that innumerable evils arise from it; just as we are in the habit of saying, when we speak of discord, or gluttony, or drunkenness, or any other vice of that kind, that there is no evil which it does not produce. And, indeed, we may most truly affirm, as to the base desire of gain, that there is no kind of evils that is not copiously produced by it every day; such as innumerable frauds, falsehoods, perjury, cheating, robbery, cruelty, corruption in judicature, quarrels, hatred, poisonings, murders; and, in short, almost every sort of crime.” John Calvin
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