1 Timothy 6:5
ContextNET © | and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness 1 is a way of making a profit. |
NIV © | and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. |
NASB © | and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. |
NLT © | These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they don’t tell the truth. To them religion is just a way to get rich. |
MSG © | Eventually there's an epidemic of backstabbing, and truth is but a distant memory. They think religion is a way to make a fast buck. |
BBE © | Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit. |
NRSV © | and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain. |
NKJV © | useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. |
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NET © | and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness 1 is a way of making a profit. |
NET © Notes |
1 tc Although most witnesses, including some early versions and fathers (D2 Ψ Ï sy Cyp Lcf Ambst), have ἀφίστασο ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων (afistaso apo’ twn toioutwn, “stay away from such things!”) after εὐσεβείαν (eusebeian, “godliness”; thus, “who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit; stay away from such things!”), there seems to be little good reason for this clause’s omission in some of the oldest and best witnesses (א A D* F G 048 6 33 81 1175 1739 1881 lat co). It is likely that it crept into the text early, perhaps as a marginal comment, but it should not be considered authentic in light of the strong external evidence against it. |