Hebreos 13:5
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.
Nota de estudio
Study Note
The command to be free from love of money and content with what one has is grounded in a divine promise quoted from Deuteronomy 31:6, 8 (via LXX): 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' The translation of the Greek 'ou mē se anō oud' ou mē se enkatalipō' — five negatives in the Greek original — represents an extremely emphatic form of the promise, suggesting the author piles negatives to make the assurance as absolute as the Greek language permits. The connection between divine presence and freedom from covetousness is indirect but profound: if God himself is never absent, then the fundamental anxiety driving the accumulation of security through wealth is addressed at its root. The following verse — 'The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?' (quoting Psalm 118:6) — extends the logic to persecution as well as material need.
Otras traducciones
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
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