1 Timothy 6:8 (DRB)

Passage

But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Timothy 6:8 But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.

1 Timothy 6:9 For they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "food", "wherewith", "covered", and "content". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "food", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For we brought nothing into this world..." into verse 9's "For they that will become rich fall...", so "having" and "food" 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 "having" and "food" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.