1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, which hath the promise of the life present, and of that that is to come.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7But cast away prophane, and olde wiues fables, and exercise thy selfe vnto godlinesse.
9This is a true saying, and by all meanes worthie to be receiued.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1If thou shalt obey diligently the voyce of the Lord thy God, and obserue and do all his commandements, which I commande thee this day, then the Lord thy God wil set thee on high aboue all the nations of the earth.
Job 5:19He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, and in the seuenth the euill shall not touch thee.
Psalms 37:3Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
Psalms 37:11But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
Psalms 37:29The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.
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 →