1 Timothy 4:8

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1 Timothy 4:8

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Summary

For 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.

Bodily

Little

Hebrews 9:9

Having

General references

Luke 12:31

Bible References

Bodily

Then Samuel said:

Does the Lord

take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as in obeying the Lord?

Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

“Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?
We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”
“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,
and oppress all your workers.

What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please Me.

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

“Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”?

Don’t be led astray by various kinds of strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established by grace and not by foods, since those involved in them have not benefited.

Little

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

Having

“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.

He will rescue you from six calamities;
no harm will touch you in seven.

Trust in the Lord and do what is good;
dwell in the land and live securely.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.

no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;
He hears their cry for help and saves them.

Long life is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

The result of righteousness will be peace;
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.

he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

“The poor in spirit are blessed,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

You know the commandments:

Do not murder;

do not commit adultery;

do not steal;

do not bear false witness;

do not defraud;

honor

your father and mother.”

“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

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

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come—everything is yours,

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.

And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

The victor: I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out again. 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 new name.

General references

Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.

Your descendants will be blessed,
and your land’s produce,
and the offspring of your livestock,
including the young of your herds
and the newborn of your flocks.

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

But new wine should be put into fresh wineskins.

“But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.