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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.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car l'amour de l'argent est une racine de tous les maux; et quelques-uns, en étant possédés, se sont égarés loin de la foi, et se sont jetés eux-mêmes dans bien des tourments.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Oracula Sibyllina

    Oracula

    06 M.Theodoret: Graec. affect, cur. p. 809 M. vgl. Sib. VII 89. — 111 vgl. VIII 17. Ill 235 f. 641 f I Tim. 6, 10. ; : r- gflB 104 = [Phok.] 39 | 105 vgl. [Phok.] 40. — ξενίης πειρήσονται πολνμόχθον Rz. ξενίης περιρήσσονται πολυμόχθου Ψ πενίης πειρώμεθα τῆς πολνπλάγκτον [Phok ] |…
  • Polycarp

    Epistula ad Philippenses

    τολὴν δικαιοσύνης: ὁ γὰρ ἔχων ἀγάπην μακράν ἐστιν πάσης ἁμαρτίας. Ἀρχὴ δὲ πάντων χαλεπῶν φιλαργυρία. I Tim. 6, 10 I Tim. 6. 7; cf. Job. 1, 21 II Cor. 6, 7 εἰδότες οὖν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι ἔχομεν, ὁπλισώμεθα τοῖς ὅπλοις τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ue to one cause. For it is written ( Ecclus. 10:15 ) that "pride is the beginning of all sin," and ( 1 Tim. 6:10 ) that "the desire of money is the root of all evils." Now it is evident that there are various species of sins. Therefore sins do not differ specifically according to…

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