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Berean Standard Bible

“For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

1 Timothy 6:10

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This verse continues Paul's warning in 1 Timothy 6:6-10 about the desire for riches. He has just said that those who want to get rich fall into temptation and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

World English Bible (WEB)

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

King James Version (KJV)

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque el amor del dinero es la raíz de todos los males: el cual codiciando algunos, se descaminaron de la fe, y fueron traspasados de muchos dolores.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

porque ¡el amor al dinero es la raíz de todos los males! Hay quienes han dejado la fe por correr tras las riquezas y al fin se han causado a sí mismos muchísimos sufrimientos.

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