1 Timothy 6:5 (DRB)

Passage

Conflicts of men corrupted in mind and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to that doctrine which is according to godliness,

1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

1 Timothy 6:5 Conflicts of men corrupted in mind and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "conflicts", "corrupted", "mind", "destitute", "truth", "supposing", "gain", and "godliness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "conflicts" and "corrupted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "He is proud knowing nothing but sick..." into verse 6's "But godliness with contentment is great gain...", so "conflicts" and "corrupted" belong inside that flow. In 1 Timothy context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "conflicts" and "corrupted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.