1 Timothy 6

In the first several verses, Paul gives advice to servants (slaves). They were to serve their masters faithfully and respectfully. Thus, they could leave a good witness to their ungodly masters or be profitable to their Christian masters. Then he addresses the problem that some people in the church had: they tried to make money off the Bible. Paul says that we should rather be content with what we have because the love of money is a root of evil. Having money or being rich, in itself, is not wrong. However, coveting after money is wrong. We should rather follow righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness. He also issues a warning to those who are rich that they should be careful not to trust in their riches because riches are uncertain. Instead, they should use their riches to do good works.