1 Timothy 4:8

1 Timothy 4:8

A Good Servant of Jesus Christ

6 If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, ^anourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.

7 But ^areject profane and old wives’ fables, and ^bexercise yourself toward godliness.

8 For ^abodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, ^bhaving promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.

10 For to this end¹ we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, ^awho is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

11 These things command and teach.

Take Heed to Your Ministry

12 Let no one¹ despise your youth, but be an ^aexample to the believers in word, in conduct, in love,² in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Bodily exercise (h swmatikh gumnasia). Gumnasia (from gumnazw), also a common old word, here only in N.T. So also swmatikh (from swma, body) in N.T. only here and Luke 3:22.

Profitable (wfelimov). Another old word (from wfelew, to help, to profit), in N.T. only here, Titus 3:8; II Timothy 3:16.

For a little (prov oligon). "For little." Probably extent in contrast to prov panta (for all things), though in James 4:14 it is time "for a little while."

Which now is (thv nun). "The now life."

Of that which is to come (thv melloushv). "Of the coming (future) life."

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