1 Timothy 6:8 “But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.”

1 Timothy 6:8

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

World English Bible

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

American Standard Version

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content.

Darby Translation

But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these.

Young's Literal Translation

but having food and raiment — with these we shall suffice ourselves;

Bible in Basic English

But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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Cross references

“And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.”

Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:25–33 Genesis 28:20 Deuteronomy 2:7 Proverbs 27:23–27 Ecclesiastes 2:24–26

Matthew 6:11 · BSB

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25–33 · BSB

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Genesis 28:20 · BSB

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

Deuteronomy 2:7 · BSB

Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

Proverbs 27:23–27 · BSB

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Ecclesiastes 2:24–26 · BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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