1 Timothy 4:9

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

In Context

8for 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.

10for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.

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Cross References

1 Timothy 1:15Faithful [is] the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am [the] 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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