1 Timothy 5:6 But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. A Persian monarch asked an aged man, "How many of the sun's revolutions hast thou counted?" "Sire," said the old man, "I am but four years of age." "What!" interrupted the king, "fearest thou not to answer me falsely, or dost thou jest on the very brink of the tomb?" "I speak not falsely," replied the aged man; "eighty long years have I wasted in folly and sinful pleasures and in amassing wealth, none of which I can take with me when I leave this world. Four only have I spent in doing good to my fellow-men, and shall I count those years which have been utterly wasted?" Parallel Verses KJV: But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.WEB: But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. |
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