1 Timothy 4:8
for while physical exercise is useful to some extent, spiritual exercise is much more useful. For “it has promise for the present life, and for the life to come.”
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In Context
7Reject what is irreligious, and old wives' tales. Make sure your exercise is spiritual—
9You can trust this saying that should be accepted by everyone.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1If you truly obey what the Lord your God tells you, and carefully follow all his commandments that I'm giving you today, then the Lord your God will place you high above all the nations of the earth.
Job 5:19He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord, and do good. Live in the land and feed on faithfulness.
Psalms 37:11The humble will own the land; they will live there happily, in peace and prosperity.
Psalms 37:29Those who do right will own the land and will live there forever.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.
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 →