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What "Food and Covering" Means
Scholars explain that "food and covering" is not a strict, minimalist list but a general phrase for our essential needs, which can include shelter. The point is not to forbid having more than the bare minimum, but to establish that our contentment should be grounded in having our basic needs met, not in an anxious pursuit of excess.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 6:8
18th Century
Theologian
And having food and raiment. "Food and raiment," here, seem to be used to denote supplies for our needs in general. It is not uncommon to …
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 6:8
Food (διατροφας). Plural, supports or nourishments (from διατρεφω, to support). Old word, here only in N.T.
Coverin…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 6:8
19th Century
Bishop
And then.—Finally, when the obstructor is gone, two things will happen:
- The Lawless One will be revealed, and
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 6:8
The reason we should be content is that “we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” That is, nothing in the entire worl…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 6:8
16th Century
Theologian
Having food and raiment. When he mentions food and raiment, he excludes luxuries and overflowing abundance; for nature is content…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 6:8
17th Century
Pastor
And having food and raiment
"Food" includes all things necessary to be ate and drank, of which there is a great vari…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 6:6–10
17th Century
Minister
Those who use Christianity as a mere trade to serve their own purposes in this world will be disappointed; but those who attend to it as their call…