1 Timothy 6:10 (LSB)

Passage

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:8 And if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

1 Timothy 6:9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evils, and some by aspiring to it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

1 Timothy 6:11 But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "love", "money", "root", "sorts", "evils", "some", and "aspiring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "love", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "But those who want to get rich..." into verse 11's "But you O man of God flee...", so "faith" and "love" 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 "faith" and "love" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.