1 Timothy 4:8-10
Lexham English Bible
8 For the training of the body is somewhat[a] profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it[b] holds promise for the present life and for the life to come. 9 The statement is trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance. 10 For to this end we labor and suffer reproach,[c] because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.
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- 1 Timothy 4:8 Literally “for a little”
- 1 Timothy 4:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“holds”) which is understood as causal
- 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts have “and strive”
1 Timothy 4:8-10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8 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.
9 A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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.
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