8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.


In Context

5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

6 If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.

8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

9 This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance

10 (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.

1st Timothy 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.