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A21
Fleeing from Love of Money and Pursuing Godly Virtues

A21

We are to flee from love of money and are to pursue Godly Virtues.

Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: Old Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Matthew 6:19
  • 1 Timothy 6:10-11
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • Colossians 3:12
  • Colossians 3:14
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13
  • 1 Corinthians 15:58
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
  • 2 Corinthians 5:7
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21
  • Ephesians 4:2
  • Ephesians 4:22-24
  • Ephesians 6:16
  • Galatians 2:15-16
  • Galatians 6:9
  • James 1:4
  • James 1:12
  • John 3:14-16
  • John 4:14
  • John 13:34-35
  • John 14:23
  • John 15:13
  • 1 John 4:7-8
  • 1 John 4:18
  • 1 John 5:11-13
  • Mark 12:29-31
  • Matthew 6:24
  • Matthew 6:33
  • Matthew 19:23-24
  • Matthew 25:21
  • 1 Peter 3:3-4
  • 2 Peter 3:11-12
  • Revelation 2:10
  • Revelation 17:14
  • Romans 1:17
  • Romans 5:21
  • Romans 6:23
  • Romans 10:10
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:7
  • 1 Timothy 1:16
  • 1 Timothy 3:2-3
  • 1 Timothy 4:7-8
  • 1 Timothy 6:3-4
  • 1 Timothy 6:11-12
  • 2 Timothy 2:22
  • 2 Timothy 2:25
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-2
  • 2 Timothy 4:7
  • Titus 3:1-2
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Deuteronomy 6:5
  • Deuteronomy 7:9
  • Deuteronomy 7:25
  • Deuteronomy 19:8
  • Ecclesiastes 5:12
  • Exodus 19:5
  • Ezekiel 18:9
  • Hosea 2:22
  • Hosea 10:12
  • Isaiah 56:1
  • Jeremiah 22:3
  • 1 Kings 2:3-4
  • Leviticus 19:18
  • Proverbs 10:12
  • Proverbs 15:1
  • Psalms 34:16
  • Psalms 78:8
  • Psalms 101:6
  • Psalms 108:2

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

"Love of money" is a short way of saying "love of what money can buy". One naturally thinks of money buying goods and services and these alone are enough to ensnare those who are susceptible. However, there is a far greater evil in natural man's quest for money; it is that money can buy the power of men's obedience, and preoccupation with power is the opposite of trusting God and submitting to His power. Wanting to be powerful as God was what brought down Lucifer, and the idolatry of it can bring us down as well. The draw of money and what it can buy is so strong, so seductive, that we are commanded to flee from it. Pursuing godly virtues is the opposite of (and the antidote for) pursuing love of money, and is the reason that these two are linked in 1 Timothy 6:10-11 .

Rabbi Daniel Juster

There are some exceptional people who can buy anything they want, but just love to see their financial worth grow and grow; they are in love with it. The Bible does not say that it is wrong to get rich, but rather that one must not be in love with money; money should primarily be used to advance the Kingdom of God by the leading of the Holy Spirit. In Scripture, the standard for acquiring money seems to favor modesty.

Classical commentators

This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah, Torah from a New Covenant Perspective, Volume 1 & 2

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