1 Timothy 6:10

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Paul writes to Timothy in Ephesus, placing this statement between a warning about those who desire to be rich (v. 9) and a command to "flee from these things" (v. 11).

The words — Philarguria (φιλαργυρία) is a rare compound of "love" + "silver," appearing only here in the New Testament; it names the affection itself, not the money.

The thread — Proverbs 1:19 says unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors; Psalm 32:10 contrasts the many sorrows of the wicked with the devotion that surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

Why it lands — The verse identifies a causal chain: craving money produces drift from faith and self-inflicted suffering. It asks the reader to test whether their financial pursuits are producing those symptoms.

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The Greek words

King James Version

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Cross-references

Proverbs 1:19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
1 Timothy 6:9 Those 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.
Psalms 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 1:31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Titus 1:11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Isaiah 56:11 Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Jude 1:11 Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
Matthew 23:13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
2 Timothy 4:10 because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.