1 Timothy 4:10
For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
11These things command and teach.
Cross References
Psalms 37:40And the Lord will help them and deliver them : and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
Psalms 84:12For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
Psalms 107:6And they cried to the Lord in their tribulation: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: O because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.
Isaiah 50:10Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.
Daniel 3:28Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king's word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.
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 →