BIB(i)
4 τετύφωται (he is puffed up), μηδὲν (nothing) ἐπιστάμενος (knowing) ἀλλὰ (but) νοσῶν (unhealthy) περὶ (about) ζητήσεις (controversies) καὶ (and) λογομαχίας (disputes about words), ἐξ (out of) ὧν (which) γίνεται (come) φθόνος (envy), ἔρις (strife), βλασφημίαι (slander), ὑπόνοιαι (suspicions) πονηραί (evil),
5 διαπαρατριβαὶ (and constant frictions) διεφθαρμένων (corrupted) ἀνθρώπων (among men) τὸν (-) νοῦν (in mind), καὶ (and) ἀπεστερημένων (destitute) τῆς (of the) ἀληθείας (truth), νομιζόντων (holding) πορισμὸν (a means of gain) εἶναι (to be) τὴν (-) εὐσέβειαν (godliness).
6 Ἔστιν (Is) δὲ (however) πορισμὸς (gain) μέγας (great) ἡ (-) εὐσέβεια (godliness) μετὰ (with) αὐταρκείας (contentment).
7 οὐδὲν (Nothing) γὰρ (for) εἰσηνέγκαμεν (we brought) εἰς (into) τὸν (the) κόσμον (world), ὅτι (because) οὐδὲ (neither) ἐξενεγκεῖν (to carry out) τι (anything) δυνάμεθα (are we able).
8 ἔχοντες (Having) δὲ (however) διατροφὰς (sustenance) καὶ (and) σκεπάσματα (coverings), τούτοις (with these) ἀρκεσθησόμεθα (we will be content).
9 Οἱ (Those) δὲ (however) βουλόμενοι (desiring) πλουτεῖν (to be rich) ἐμπίπτουσιν (fall) εἰς (into) πειρασμὸν (temptation) καὶ (and) παγίδα (a snare), καὶ (and) ἐπιθυμίας (desires) πολλὰς (many) ἀνοήτους (foolish) καὶ (and) βλαβεράς (harmful), αἵτινες (which) βυθίζουσιν (plunge) τοὺς (-) ἀνθρώπους (men) εἰς (into) ὄλεθρον (ruin) καὶ (and) ἀπώλειαν (destruction).
10 ῥίζα (A root) γὰρ (for) πάντων (of all kinds) τῶν (-) κακῶν (of evils) ἐστιν (is) ἡ (the) φιλαργυρία (love of money), ἧς (which) τινες (some) ὀρεγόμενοι (stretching after) ἀπεπλανήθησαν (have been seduced) ἀπὸ (away from) τῆς (the) πίστεως (faith), καὶ (and) ἑαυτοὺς (themselves) περιέπειραν (have pierced) ὀδύναις (with sorrows) πολλαῖς (many).