1 Timothy 4:8

New English Translation

For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

Cross References

Job 22:2

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

Job 36:11

If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

Psalm 145:19

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

Psalm 37:11

But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity.

Psalm 37:29

The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

Psalm 37:9

Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Proverbs 19:23

Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people – for they stand in fear before him.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

Isaiah 33:16

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

Jeremiah 6:20

I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer 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, either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 19:29

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 6:33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Mark 10:30

who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much – homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions – and in the age to come, eternal life.

Luke 5:38

Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, 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 the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

1 Corinthians 8:8

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

1 Timothy 4:7

But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.

1 Timothy 6:3

If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

1 Timothy 6:6

Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

1 John 2:25

Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

Revelation 3:12

The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well.

Revelation 3:21

I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.