For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
For - confirming the reasonableness of "contentment." If riches could be gain for the other world, there would be reason for discontent in present poverty. But our real gain must be something not lost, like riches, in leaving the world.
And it is certain So C Vulgate Delta 'it is true ' But 'Aleph (') A G g omit "and it is certain;" then translate And it is certain. So C Vulgate. Delta 'it is true.' But 'Aleph (') A G g omit "and it is certain;" then translate, 'We brought nothing into the world (to teach us), that neither can we carry anything out' (Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes 5:15). Nature strips man in returning, as in entering (Seneca, 'Epist.' 102). Therefore we should have no gain-seeking anxiety, breeding discontent (Matthew 6:25).