We’re on a mission to change that. But there is no parallel for taking a construction like this to mean “all kinds of” or “every kind of.” The normal sense is “all evils.”. It is sometimes shortened to “ Money is the root of all evil.” Therefore, this love is the root of all evils that men commit. All translators have had the thought expressed in the notes of the NET Bible — that saying the love of money is the root of all evils “seems to be not entirely true to life (some evils are unrelated to love of money).” So they say. Answer: The apostle Paul, in his first letter to his young disciple, Timothy, had this to say: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. That seems to be exactly the right attitude to have in translating a text that claims divine inspiration and carries absolute authority. A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. This is the essence of sin and the root of all sinning — falling short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Or, to put it another way, sin is “exchanging God for the creation” (see Romans 1:23, 25). He is author of. The phrase is Biblical in origin. It is possible that when Paul wrote these words, he was fully aware how challenging they would be, and that he left them just as he wrote them because he saw a sense in which the love of money is indeed the root of all evils — all evils! Verse 9 says that those who desire to be rich fall into “many senseless and harmful desires.” Notice that the desire to be rich does not produce just one desire, but many. The thought in the writer's mind probably was--The man coveting gold longs for opportunities in which his covetousness (love of money) may find a field for exercise. This preservation of formal similarity is a great gain. If “all kinds of evil” is the best interpretation of the puzzling words, let the reader discover and decide that. Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural. Psalm 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Transfix. From our perspective, coming to Jesus Christ feels like placing our faith in him. Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. I am aware that formal equivalence is not always possible. He attaches the idea of “serving” to this idea of loving: “You cannot serve God and money.” From this I infer that, if you love money, you cannot serve God. For the love of money is the root of all evil. It is, of course, not the "love of money," strictly speaking, which "some have coveted after," but the money itself. There is no hidden clue in the Greek phrase or the English phrase that would make things any clearer or more obscure. Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. Thus Paul wrote, “For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin” (Romans 14:23). They have erred from the faith.--Better rendered, they have wandered away from the faith. Then Paul says the desire to be rich has this effect “because the love of money is the root of all evils.” The “desire to be rich” in verse 9 corresponds to “the love of money” in verse 10a. Because that is what evil is: any act not done out of loving service to God. But almost all modern versions use the interpretive paraphrase: “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” These include the NCV, NIV, NASB, ASV, ESV, NKJV, HCSB, NLT, NRSV, and GNT. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. Both are equally clear and equally puzzling. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural. But even if you think I am wrong, the main point about translation stands, because someone else may find the key, even if I haven’t. . John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. And that, Paul says, is what the love of money does. For. Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. Perhaps people more insightful than I will penetrate to Paul’s meaning. This vivid picture of some who had, for sake of a little gold, given up their first love--their faith--was evidently drawn by St. Paul from life.

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