The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 6:6-8
1 Timothy 6:6-8But godliness with contentment is great gain.ContentmentI. Seek the blessedness of godly contentment.1. No doubt contentment apart from godliness is a good thing. Seneca and Lucretius, and other pagan philosophers, were never tired of singing its praises; and Socrates, when he walked through the streets of Athens, and saw around him the evidences of wealth, art, and culture, exclaimed, “How many things there are which I can do without.”(1) To some this feeling of contentment with... read more
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 6:1-21
1 Timothy 6:1-2 . Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, by obeying their commands, for in civil society we are all servants, and have duties which must be discharged. If reverence be not paid to the orders of the master, christianity will be blasphemed. If a servant have a believing master, he is still a servant; and it will be a double shame for him to be punished for idleness or disobedience, or in anywise not doing his best for his... read more