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Yep, greed. Further correction though, it actually says “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” If you really go down the rabbit hole, pride is

• ColinWright 2y ago
  > it actually says “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” That depends on the translation you're using[0] ... it might be interesting to go back to the original (as best we can). Also "all kinds of evil" can be interpreted in (at least) two ways, so it's ambiguous anyway. But as with all these things, it's perhaps best to use the text to spark a search for a truth, or at least a useful guiding principle. [0] https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1%20Timothy%206:10 https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/1%20Timothy%206:10
  • Natsu 2y ago
    Young's literal translation is pretty good for those who don't read Koine Greek or otherwise aren't eager to break out a copy of Strong's concordance. It's interesting to see the minor difference between "a root" and "the root" for example: 9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction, 10 for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;
    • portaouflop 2y ago
      God is the root of all evil, he created it after all.
      • Natsu 2y ago
        Evil is not an object, so the verb "create" cannot be properly applied to it.
• latentsea 2y ago
  At the root of all that is premature optimization.