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1 Timothy 4:8

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.

KJV

ἡ γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος, ἡ δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν, ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης.

Greek NT

Nam corporalis exercitatio, ad modicum utilis est : pietas autem ad omnia utilis est, promissionem habens vitæ, quæ nunc est, et futuræ.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γυμνασία
gumnasia
noun · 1×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐσέβεια
eusebeia
noun · 15×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σωματικός
somatikos
adjective · 2×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὀλίγος
oligos
adjective · 41×
o
article · 19778×
ὠφέλιμος
ophelimos
adjective · 4×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2518The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."306 "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity;307 chastity or sexual rectitude;308 love of truth and orthodoxy of faith.309 There is a connection between purity of heart, of body, and of faith:…
Do the Gifts differ from the virtues? The necessity of the Gifts Are the Gifts habits? Which, and how many are they? Are the Gifts connected? Do they remain in heaven? Their comparison with one another Their comparison with the virtues Article 1. Whether the Gifts differ from the virtues? Objection 1. It would seem that the gifts do not differ from the virtues. For Gregory comm…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:8 — But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
  • 1Cor 13:3 — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
  • 1John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • 1Kgs 3:14 — And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
  • 1Sam 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • 1Tim 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • 1Tim 6:6 — But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
  • 2Pet 1:3 — According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
  • 2Pet 1:3 — According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
  • 2Tim 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
  • Amos 5:21 — I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
  • Col 2:21 — (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
  • Col 2:23 — Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
  • Deut 5:33 — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
  • Deut 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
  • Deut 28:2 — And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 28:4 — Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
  • Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
  • Eccl 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
  • Gen 13:2 — And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
  • Gen 24:1 — And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
  • Gen 24:35 — And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
  • Gen 28:15 — And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to the
  • Gen 49:25 — Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of t
  • Heb 4:2 — For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
  • Heb 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
  • Heb 13:9 — Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
  • Isa 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lamb
  • Isa 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
  • Isa 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa
  • Isa 32:17 — And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
  • Isa 33:6 — And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
  • Isa 33:16 — He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  • Isa 65:13 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be a
  • Jer 6:20 — To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
  • Job 1:9 — Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
  • Job 5:19 — He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
  • Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.