1 Timothy 4:8

Modern English Version

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable in all things, holding promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Cross References

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God, as he who is wise may be profitable to himself?

Job 36:11

If they obey and serve Him, they will spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasures.

Psalm 145:19

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

Psalm 37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it will rest secure; he will not be visited by evil.

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though one who sins may do evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in reverence before Him.

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the impregnable rock; his bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose does incense from Sheba come to Me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices sweet to Me.

Matthew 12:32

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age, nor in the age to come.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My name’s sake shall receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

Mark 10:30

who shall not receive a hundred times as much now in this age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecution, and in the age to come, eternal life.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 3:22

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all are yours,

1 Corinthians 8:8

But food does not commend us to God. Neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.

1 Timothy 4:7

But refuse profane and foolish myths. Instead, exercise in the ways of godliness.

1 Timothy 6:3

Anyone who teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, to the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to godly teaching

1 Timothy 6:5

constant disputes by men of corrupt minds, being destitute of the truth, and supposing that financial gain is godliness. Withdraw yourself from such men.

1 Timothy 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Turn away from such people.

Titus 3:8

This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you constantly to affirm, so that those who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to everyone.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away with diverse and strange teachings. It is a good thing that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with foods, which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

Revelation 3:12

He who overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My own new name.

Revelation 3:21

“To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

1 Samuel 15:22

Samuel said, “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, a listening ear than the fat of rams.