1 Timothy 4:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Cross References

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Job 36:11

If they hearken and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfils the desire of all who fear him, he also hears their cry, and saves them.

Psalm 37:11

But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

Psalm 37:29

The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell upon it for ever.

Psalm 37:9

For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the Lord shall possess the land.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life; and he who has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Proverbs 22:4

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

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him;

Isaiah 3:10

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

Isaiah 33:16

he will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose does frankincense come to me from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Matthew 12:32

And whoever says 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 every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

Mark 10:30

who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

Luke 5:38

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, 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, all are yours;

1 Corinthians 8:8

Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do.

1 Timothy 4:7

Have nothing to do with godless and silly myths. Train yourself in godliness;

1 Timothy 6:3

If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,

1 Timothy 6:5

and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

1 Timothy 6:6

There is great gain in godliness with contentment;

2 Timothy 3:5

holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people.

Titus 3:8

The saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men.

Hebrews 13:9

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is well that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited their adherents.

1 John 2:25

And this is what he has promised us, eternal life.

Revelation 3:12

He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and 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 from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.

Revelation 3:21

He who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

1 Samuel 15:22

And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.