Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleOf course, godliness with contentment is great gain. Young's Literal Translation but it is great gain—the piety with contentment; King James Bible But godliness with contentment is great gain. Greek Of course,δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. godliness εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2150: Piety (towards God), godliness, devotion, godliness. From eusebes; piety; specially, the gospel scheme. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. contentment αὐταρκείας (autarkeias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 841: Self-sufficiency, independence, contentment. From autarkes; self-satisfaction, i.e. contentedness, or a competence. is Ἔστιν (Estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. great μέγας (megas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. gain. πορισμὸς (porismos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4200: A source of gain, livelihood. From a derivative of poros; furnishing, i.e. money-getting. |
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