{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:21:50.505Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Let as many bondmen as are under yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the teaching be not blasphemed."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But piety with contentment is great gain."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For we have brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry anything out."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But having sustenance and covering, we will be content with these."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Strive earnestly in the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"that thou keep the commandment spotless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"laying by for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of what is really life."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"of which some having made profession, have missed the faith. Grace be with thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 6 (DBT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 6](https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/1-timothy/6 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}