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Butδὲif we haveἔχοντεςfoodδιατροφὰςandκαὶclothing,σκεπάσματαwith theseτούτοιςwe will be content.ἀρκεσθησόμεθα
1 Timothy 6:8
Study it in the app“But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Timothy 6:8, word by word
- if we haveἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- foodδιατροφὰςdiatrophas
food, sustenance
Food, sustenance.
Where else “diatrophas” appears- clothingσκεπάσματαskepasmata
covering, clothing
Covering: the clothing and shelter that cover someone.
Where else “skepasmata” appears- we will be contentἀρκεσθησόμεθαarkesthēsometha
be content
To be satisfied with what one has.
Where else “arkesthēsometha” appears
The context
7For we brought nothing into the world, because neither can we take anything out.
8 · This verse (above)
9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.