1 Timothy 6:19

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.”

— WEB

“Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.”

— KJV

“laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is [life] indeed.”

— ASV

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Matthew 6:19-21 "“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;"
1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight…"
2 Timothy 2:19 "However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,”Numbers 16:5 and, “Let every one who names the…"
Luke 16:9 "I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents."
Proverbs 31:25 "Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come."
1 Peter 1:4 "to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,"
Galatians 6:8-9 "For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life."
Matthew 19:21 "Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and co…"

Commentary

Laying up in store--"therefrom (that is, by this means [ALFORD]; but BENGEL makes the Greek "apo" mean laying apart against a future time), laying up for themselves as a treasure" [ALFORD] (Mat 6:19-20). This is a treasure which we act wisely in laying up in store, whereas the wisest thing we can do with earthly treasures is "to distribute" them and give others a share of them (Ti1 6:18). good foundation--(See on Ti1 3:13; Luk 6:48; Co1 3:11). The sure reversion of the future heavenly inheritance: earthly riches scattered in faith lay up in store a sure increase of heavenly riches. We gather by scattering (Pro 11:24; Pro 13:7; Luk 16:9). that . . . eternal life--The oldest manuscripts and versions read, "that which is really life," its joys being solid and enduring (Psa 16:11). The life that now is cannot be called so, its goods being unsubstantial, and itself a vapor (Jam 4:14). "In order that ('with their feet so to speak on this foundation' [DE WETTE]) they may lay hold on that which is life indeed."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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