But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 1 Timothy 6:8
“These words are a timely reminder of the weakness of a consumer society which is based on the assumption that possessions are a symbol of status. The credit boom would take a considerable bashing if this teaching were taken seriously. The fact is contentment does not come from owning whatever we want, for there is no end to what we want. A Christian approach to life can never make a central feature of the acquisition of material things.”
Donald Guthrie in The Pastoral Epistles (Downers’ Grove: IVP) 125.