1 Timothy 4:8
Physical training has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way, since it holds promise both for life now and for the life to come.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Life of Trust ·
Faith Confirmed by Prosperity cites 1 Tim. iv. 8
…unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come,” (1 Tim. iv. 8,) I have in times almost without number found to be true in my own experience. Further…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Timothy 4:8
…manliness and despised weakness. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 16:5-8; Mark 10:21-22; 1 Timothy 4:8. Reflection 1. What advantages have you inherited, and from whose labour? 2. Which values…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 9 — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel cites 1 Tim. 4:8
…unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,” (1 Tim. 4:8); for which reason, he glories in being “an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
The Power of Godliness cites 1 TIMOTHY 4:8
…unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 TIMOTHY 4:8 One of Catherine Booth’s books bears the title Godliness, and the word suits her. It is…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
A Goodly Heritage cites 1 Timothy 4:8
…“bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things” (1 Timothy 4:8, ASV). But Paul could also boast of his weaknesses, and say that God’s power was made…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon III cites 1 Tim. iv. 8
…profitable to all things, having the promise of this life, and that which is to come?” 1 Tim. iv. 8. Did the sins of the professors hinder you? You should rather have been the more heedful…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Kingly Office cites I Tim 4:8
…by the way; and oft-times riches and honour. ‘Godliness has the promise of this life.’ I Tim 4:8. These are, as it were, the saints’ veils. But the great reward is to come. ‘An eternal…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites 1 Tim. 4:8
…that godliness hath “the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,” (1 Tim. 4:8). But although the forgiveness of sins is of far more importance than the nourishment of…