Is the love of money \u00abthe root of all kinds of evil\u00bb or just \u00abthe root of all evil\u00bb (1 Tim. 6:10)? \u00abAll evil\u00bb is the literal English equivalent of the original Greek expression (pant\u014dn t\u014dn kak\u014dn).<\/p>\n
Interestingly, all older versions of the Bible translate 1 Timothy 6:10 more literally: \u00abThe love of money is the root of all evil.\u00bb Such translations include the Wycliffe Bible, the Luther Bible, the Geneva Bible, the King James Bible, the Douay-Rheims Bible, the Darby Bible, and the Revised Standard Version.<\/p>\n
But almost all modern versions use the interpretive translation: \u00abThe love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.\u00bb These include the NCV, NIV, NASB, ASV, ESV, NKJV, HCSB, NLT, NRSV, and GNT.<\/p>\n
One exception among modern translations is the NET Bible: \u00abFor the love of money is the root of all evil.\u00bb The NET note on \u00aball evil\u00bb explains:<\/p>\n
Many translations render this as \u00abevery kind of evil\u00bb\u2026 But there is no reason to interpret such a construction as \u00aball kinds\u00bb or \u00abevery kind of evil.\u00bb The usual meaning is \u00aball evil.\u00bb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Why do modern translations use paraphrase?<\/h2>\n
What has changed in the past sixty years that has caused the once unanimous literal translation (\u00abthe root of all evil\u00bb) to give way to a unanimous paraphrase (\u00abthe root of every kind of evil\u00bb)? There is one thing that has certainly not changed: the meaning of the text. The Greek words of 1 Timothy 6:10 conveyed Paul\u2019s intent in Luther\u2019s day and convey the same intent today.<\/p>\n
Another thing that hasn\u2019t changed is that it is no harder or easier to see the love of money as the root of all evil today than it was five hundred years ago. If modern translators see this as a problem, then translators five hundred years ago should have seen it too. All translators were aware of the point made in the NET Bible\u2019s footnotes: the statement that the love of money is the root of all evil \u00abdoes not seem to be entirely accurate in real life (some evils are not related to the love of money).\u00bb That is why they translate it that way.<\/p>\n
\u00ab"Modern translators feel freer to move away from clear, understandable formal equivalence in favor of explanatory paraphrases.".<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What has changed in the last sixty years is that modern translators feel more free to depart from clear and understandable formal equivalence in favor of explanatory paraphrases. There is nothing linguistically or grammatically difficult about the literal translation \u00abThe love of money is the root of all evil.\u00bb What is unclear is how the love of money can be the root of all evil.<\/p>\n
This question has troubled all translators, not just modern ones. Why then did none of the older translators translate the text as \u00aball kinds of evil\u00bb? My guess is this:<\/p>\n
I may not be able to understand how the love of money can be the root of all evil, but I must not let my inability to decide whether there could actually be a way in which money is the root of all evil. So I will leave it as Paul wrote it. Perhaps people more insightful than I will understand the meaning of Paul\u2019s words.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This seems to be the correct approach to translating a text that claims to be divinely inspired and has absolute authority. The modern assumption is as follows:<\/p>\n
If we cannot understand how Paul could have meant that \u00abthe love of money is the root of all evil,\u00bb then we have the right and wisdom to change the wording to suggest a more plausible meaning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Preserving the original ambiguity<\/h2>\n
Let me try to preempt possible criticism. I understand that formal equivalence is not always possible. Sometimes there is simply no construction in English (or any other language) that corresponds to Greek or Hebrew. Sometimes the formal equivalence would be so clumsy that all readers would stumble over the translation.<\/p>\n
However, in the case of 1 Timothy 6:10, the Greek structure is quite simple (pant\u014dn t\u014dn kak\u014dn) and has an exact English equivalent (\u00abof all evils\u00bb). Both options are equally clear and equally cryptic. There is no hidden clue in the Greek or English phrase that could make it clearer or more complicated. This means that nothing is lost in clarity when a simple equivalent is used to translate the Greek, such as \u00abthe root of all evil.\u00bb Clarity is not lost because the same ambiguity is retained.<\/p>\n
This preservation of formal similarity is a great achievement. It is precisely what I strive for in all translations where possible. The advantage is that now the average reader and the pastor, who may have forgotten his knowledge of Greek, have the opportunity to think deeply and examine the context of how Paul saw the love of money as the root of all evil. The reader is not deprived of the opportunity to make his own exegetical discoveries simply because the translators have decided for him that no plausible meaning can be given to the words as Paul wrote them.<\/p>\n
In my opinion, this text is a prime example of when translators should humbly admit that their failure to see the plausible meaning of Paul\u2019s words (\u00abthe root of all evil\u00bb) does not mean that there is no such meaning. If \u00aball kinds of evil\u00bb is the best interpretation of these enigmatic words, then let the reader discover and resolve it for himself.<\/p>\n
How is the love of money the root of all evil?<\/h2>\n
Perhaps when Paul wrote these words, he knew full well how difficult they would be to understand, and he left them as he wrote them because he saw the sense in which the love of money is truly the root of all evil\u2014all evil!\u2014and he wanted Timothy (and us) to think deeper to see this.<\/p>\n
I believe that is exactly what happened. I will share my brief thought on how the love of money is the root of all evil. But even if you think I am wrong, the basic argument about translation remains valid, because someone else may find the key to understanding, even if I did not.<\/p>\n
Here is the context of 1 Timothy 6:6\u201310:<\/p>\n
\u00abFor godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can carry nothing out. Having food and clothing, we will be content with these things. But those who strive to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into destruction and ruin. For the love of money is the root of all evil, and some, in their longing for it, have strayed from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.\u00bb.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Notice that the first part of verse 10 (\u00abThe love of money is the root of all evil\u00bb) functions as a basis or reason for both the preceding verse 9 and the rest of verse 10. Let\u2019s take this step by step.<\/p>\n
How does verse 10a support verse 9?<\/h2>\n
Verse 9 says that those who desire to be rich fall into \u00abmany senseless and hurtful desires.\u00bb Notice that the desire to be rich gives rise to not one but many desires. Paul goes on to explain that this desire to be rich has this effect, \u00abfor the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things.\u00bb The desire to be rich in verse 9 corresponds to the love of money in verse 10. And the \u00abmany desires\u00bb of verse 9 correspond to the \u00abinjurious things\u00bb of verse 10.<\/p>\n
Paul traces the cause of these \u00abmany desires\u00bb to the love of money as the root of \u00aball evil.\u00bb Why does the desire to be rich lead not just to the desire for money but to \u00abmany desires\u00bb? Because the love of money is the root of much more than we usually think. It is the root of all the evil that people do. Paul shows that the multiplicity of desires that arise from the desire to be rich comes from a deep root that explains the \u00abmany\u00bb desires, since it is the root of \u00aball things.\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00ab"The love of money is the root of much more than we usually think.".<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How does the love of money do this? Here is one way: because \u00abmoney\u00bb in itself has no value (paper or metal). It is desirable only because it is a cultural symbol that can be exchanged for \u00abmany desires\u00bb that we have. But it cannot be exchanged for God or for godliness. Therefore, the love of money, according to Paul, corresponds to a fundamental desire for what money can buy but without God. That is why all these many desires \u00abdrown men into destruction and ruin.\u00bb (1 Tim. 6:9).<\/p>\n
Good desires do not destroy. Only desires for something without God destroy. This is what the love of money represents. Therefore, this love is the root of all evil that people do. After all, all evil arises from this root desire - the desire for something without God. Without exception.<\/p>\n
This is the essence of sin and the root of all sinfulness\u2014falling short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Or, to put it another way, sin is \u00abexchange of God for creation\u00bb (see Rom. 1:23, 25). In other words, at its core, sin is our preference for something over God. \u00abAll evil\u00bb flows from this preference, from this desire. If something is desired for God\u2019s sake, that desire is not sin. If something is desired not for God\u2019s sake, that desire is sin. Therefore, all sin, \u00aball evil,\u00bb flows from this desire, from this love\u2014represented in 1 Timothy 6:10 as the love of pleasure apart from God.<\/p>\n
How does verse 10 (the first part) relate to the rest of the poem?<\/h2>\n
Now let us pay attention to the connection between the first part of verse 10 and its second part: \u00abFor the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by reaching out for it some have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.\u00bb.<\/p>\n
Just as in verse 9, \u00abmany foolish and hurtful desires plunge men into destruction and ruin,\u00bb so here in verse 10, the love of money causes people to \u00abpierce themselves with many sorrows.\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00ab"If you love money, you cannot serve God. And if you cannot serve God, then everything you do is evil.".<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
How? \u00abFor the love of money some have strayed from the faith.\u00bb The love of money works its destruction by tempting the soul to abandon the faith. Faith is the contented trust in Christ, which Paul mentions in verse 6: \u00abFor godliness with contentment is great gain.\u00bb Faith says, \u00abI have learned to be content with whatever I have\u00bb (Phil. 4:11). Faith gives satisfaction in all situations because it has Christ, and Christ compensates for all losses: \u00abI count all things loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord\u00bb (Phil. 3:8).<\/p>\n
All true virtue grows from this root\u2014rest in Christ. Without Him, our actions are not an expression of the all-sufficiency of Christ, but rather an attempt to compensate for some deficiency we feel through lack of faith. But this is not true virtue and does not glorify Christ. Only that which is done from faith is truly virtuous. That is why Paul writes, \u00abwhatever is not of faith is sin\u00bb (Rom. 14:23).<\/p>\n
This means that \u00aball evil\u00bb\u200b\u2014to use the words of 1 Timothy 6:10\u2014\u200boriginates in a soul that has been tempted to depart from the faith. And that is what, says Paul, the love of money does. Because of this love of money, \u00absome have deviated from the faith.\u00bb But \u00abwithout faith it is impossible to please God well.\u00bb (Heb. 11:6) The absence of faith produces only evil\u200b\u2014all evil.<\/p>\n
You cannot love God and money.<\/h3>\n
So whether we consider how 1 Timothy 6:10a relates to verse 9 or to the rest of verse 10, the conclusion remains the same: there is no absurdity in saying that the love of money is the root of all evil. Changing this in the translation to \u00aball kinds of evil\u00bb is redundant (and, if you think about it, \u00aball kinds of\u00bb can be just as problematic as \u00aball kinds of evil\u00bb).<\/p>\n
Perhaps the easiest way to illustrate this is to quote the words of Jesus:<\/p>\n
\u00abNo one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon\u00bb (Matthew 6:24).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jesus uses the word \u00ablove\u00bb to describe a choice: we either love God or we love money. He connects the idea of service to this idea of love: \u00abYou cannot serve God and mammon.\u00bb From this I conclude that if you love money, you cannot serve God. And if you cannot serve God, then everything you do is evil. For evil is any action that is not done with love and service to God. So the love of money is the root of all evil, not just some.<\/p>\n
You may not be convinced that I saw a plausible meaning in 1 Timothy 6:10 for the words \u00abThe love of money is the root of all evil.\u00bb If not, I hope you at least saw that someone more insightful than I could have found such a meaning. So translators should not deprive us of this possibility by prematurely assuming that such a meaning did not exist.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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