A Good Servant of Jesus Christ

If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith(A) and the good teaching that you have followed.(B) But have nothing to do with pointless and silly myths.(C) Rather, train yourself in godliness.(D) For the training of the body has limited benefit,(E) but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.(F) This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance.(G) 10 For this reason we labor and strive,[a] because we have put our hope in the living God,(H) who is the Savior(I) of all people,(J) especially of those who believe.

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  1. 4:10 Other mss read and suffer reproach

The Good Servant of Christ

By[a] teaching these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully. But reject those worthless myths told by elderly women[b], and train yourself for godliness. For the training of the body is somewhat[c] profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it[d] holds promise for the present life and for the life to come. The statement is trustworthy and deserving of complete acceptance. 10 For to this end we labor and suffer reproach,[e] 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. 1 Timothy 4:6 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as means
  2. 1 Timothy 4:7 Literally “worthless and characteristic of an elderly woman myths”
  3. 1 Timothy 4:8 Literally “for a little”
  4. 1 Timothy 4:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“holds”) which is understood as causal
  5. 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts have “and strive”