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1 Timothy 4:6-8
Lexham English Bible

The Good Servant of Christ

6 By[a] teaching these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully. 7 But reject those worthless myths told by elderly women[b], and train yourself for godliness. 8 For the training of the body is somewhat[c] profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it[d] holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:6 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as means
  2. 1 Timothy 4:7 Literally “worthless and characteristic of an elderly woman myths”
  3. 1 Timothy 4:8 Literally “for a little”
  4. 1 Timothy 4:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“holds”) which is understood as causal
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