1 Timothy 4:8

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;

9The word [is] faithful and worthy of all acceptation;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee supreme above all nations of the earth;

Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Psalms 37:3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;

Psalms 37:11But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.

Psalms 37:29The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Psalms 84:11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that 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 →

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