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To: AppyPappy
"I'm just telling you what it said. The Greek says the love of "filthy lucre" which is usually money. aphilarguros af-il-ar'-goo-ros From G1 (as a negative particle) and G5366; unavaricious: - without covetousness, not greedy of filthy lucre."

You're telling me what you WANT to believe and randomly applying the GReek to suit your view. USUALLY is not equal to ALWAYS and the one verse you quoted to me makes NO mention of money.

Here's your Hebrew verse:

Hebrews 13:5 states this:

[5] Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Covetness just means to want something that doesn't belong to you. A POOR person can also COVET as well as a person of means wanting more. Worse yet it is referring to CONVERSATION.

1Tim.6:10, the verse that is closer to your concern:

[10] 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.

Reading 1 Timothy states that the LOVE of MONEY (NOT LOVE of God) which SOME coveted after has caused them error in their faith and lead to sorrow.

SOME is not equal to ALL.

Job and Abraham are two of the WEALTHIEST men in the Bible and yet they remained true to GOD above and NOT distracted by their wealth.

Money in and of itself is NOT evil. It is HOW you use the wealth - serve God or serve yourself. To teach otherwise in NOT Biblically correct. In the Bible ABraham and Job were tow of the wealthiest men in the Bible with God's blessing.

223 posted on 08/07/2003 8:25:37 AM PDT by nmh
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To: nmh
I didn't write the Greek. I'm just telling you what it said.
224 posted on 08/07/2003 8:28:00 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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