1 Timothy 6:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῖς πλουσίοις ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι παράγγελλε, μὴ ὑψηλοφρονεῖν, μηδὲ ἠλπικέναι ἐπὶ πλούτου ἀδηλότητι, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ ζῶντι τῷ παρέχοντι ἡμῖν πλουσίως πάντα εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν·

Transliteration

To the plousiois in the now aiōni paraggelle, not to hypsēlophronein, neither to have ēlpikenai upon ploutou adēlotēti, but in the Theō, the zōnti the one parechonti us plousiōs panta for apolausin;

Grammar Details

• *Tois plousiois*: dative, masculine, plural with article - to the rich
• *en*: preposition - in
• *tō nyn aiōni*: dative, masculine, singular with article and adverb - the present age
• *paraggelle*: present imperative, 2nd person singular, active - command/charge
• *mē*: negative particle - not
• *hypsēlophronein*: present infinitive, active - to be high-minded/proud
• *mēde*: conjunction, negative - neither/nor
• *ēlpikenai*: perfect infinitive, active - to have hoped/trusted
• *epi*: preposition - upon/in
• *ploutou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of wealth/riches
• *adēlotēti*: dative, feminine, singular - uncertainty/instability
• *all'*: conjunction, adversative - but
• *tō Theō*: dative, masculine, singular with article - God
• *tō zōnti*: present participle, dative, masculine, singular, active with article - the living one
• *tō parechonti*: present participle, dative, masculine, singular, active with article - the one providing
• *hēmin*: personal pronoun, dative, 1st person plural - to us
• *plousiōs*: adverb - richly/abundantly
• *panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things
• *eis*: preposition - for/unto
• *apolausin*: accusative, feminine, singular - enjoyment

Word Meanings

• *plousiois*: rich/wealthy/affluent
• *aiōni*: age/era/world/lifetime
• *paraggelle*: command/charge/instruct/order
• *hypsēlophronein*: be high-minded/proud/arrogant/conceited
• *ēlpikenai*: hope/trust/expect
• *ploutou*: wealth/riches/abundance
• *adēlotēti*: uncertainty/instability/unpredictability
• *zōnti*: living/alive
• *parechonti*: providing/furnishing/supplying
• *plousiōs*: richly/abundantly/generously
• *apolausin*: enjoyment/pleasure/benefit

Referenced Verses

• Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
• Rom 11:20 : 20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear;
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
• Ps 62:10 : 10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, Don't set your heart on them.
• Prov 23:5 : 5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
• Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.
• Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. 14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
• Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
• Jer 2:31 : 31 Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?
• Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches; 24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
• Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
• Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
• Ezek 16:56 : 56 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
• Dan 5:19-23 : 19 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whoever he will. 22 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
• Hab 1:15-16 : 15 He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. 16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
• Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
• Matt 19:23 : 23 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most assuredly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
• Matt 27:57 : 57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
• Ps 73:5-9 : 5 They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
• Ps 84:11-12 : 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. 12 Yahweh of Hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in you.
• Ps 104:28 : 28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
• Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in princes.
• Prov 11:28 : 28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
• Luke 12:15-21 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses." 16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. 17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?' 18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
• Luke 19:2 : 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
• Luke 19:9-9 : 9 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
• Gen 13:2 : 2 Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build, 11 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full; 12 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:17 : 17 and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
• Deut 33:15 : 15 For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
• 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• 2 Chr 32:25-26 : 25 But Hezekiah didn't render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem. 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Yahweh didn't come on them in the days of Hezekiah.
• Job 1:1-3 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
• Job 31:24-25 : 24 "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
• Ps 10:3-4 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.
• Ps 52:7 : 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
• Titus 3:6 : 6 which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; 10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
• Rev 18:6-7 : 6 Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. 7 However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'
• Acts 14:27 : 27 When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 17:25 : 25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
• Eph 5:5 : 5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
• 1 Tim 1:3 : 3 As I exhorted you to stay at Ephesus when I was going into Macedonia, that you might charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.