1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is coming.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7But reject the profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself to piety.
9Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if thou shall hearken diligently to the voice of LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the ear
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 37:3Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
Psalms 37:11But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.
Psalms 84:11For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:7-16
Exhortation to Godliness; Exhortation to Ministerial Duties. ( a. d. 64.) 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is… Read the whole commentary →