1 Timothy 4:9

This is a faithful saying and worthy of full acceptance.

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In The King James Version

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

In Context

8For the exercise of the body is somewhat useful. But piety is useful in all things, holding the promise of life, in the present and in the future.

10For this reason we labor and are maligned: because we hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, most especially of the faithful.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:15It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.

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 →

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