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833 B
Markdown
27 lines
833 B
Markdown
# Now
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This marks a break in the teaching. Here Paul begins to contrast the kind of riches the wicked people seek through godliness ([1 Timothy 6:5](./03.md)) and the true kind of gain people receive through godliness. AT: "Of course"
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# godliness with contentment is great gain
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The words "godliness" and "contentment" are abstract nouns. AT: "it is great gain for a person to do what is godly and to be content with what they have" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# is great gain
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"provides great benefits" or "does many good things for us"
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# brought nothing into the world
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"brought nothing into the world when we were born"
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# Neither are we able to take out anything
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"And we can take nothing out of the world when we die"
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# let us
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"we should"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly]] |