1 Timothy 6:10 meaning and explanation
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes to Timothy, a young pastor in Ephesus, warning about false teachers who treated godliness as a way to make money. In verse 10 he names the real danger: not money itself but the love of it, the Greek philargyria, a craving that takes hold of the heart.
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