1 Timothy 4:8
for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
9Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness.
Psalms 37:11But the meek shall inherit the land; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: the LORD 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 →