I Timothy 4:8
The Scripture
(8) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Paul warned that in the latter times some would depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from meats which God created to be received with thanksgiving. He instructed Timothy to be a good minister of Jesus Christ by exercising himself unto godliness, noting that while bodily exercise profits little, godliness is profitable unto all things.
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