1 Timothy 6:8 (LSB)

Passage

And if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Nearby Context

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness actually is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment.

1 Timothy 6:7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

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.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For we have brought nothing into the..." into verse 9's "But those who want to get rich...", so "food" and "covering" 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 "food" and "covering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.