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1 Timothy 4:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


1 Timothy 4:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 4:823 words
GreekMeaning
thearticleG3588
γὰρgar
ForwordG1063
σωματικὴsōmatikē
bodilyadjectiveG4984
γυμνασίαgymnasia
exercisenounG1129
πρὸςpros
ofprepositionG4314
ὀλίγονoligon
a littleadjectiveG3641
ἐστὶνestin
isverbG1510
ὠφέλιμοςōphelimos
profitadjectiveG5624
thearticleG3588
δὲde
butwordG1161
εὐσέβειαeusebeia
godlinessnounG2150
πρὸςpros
forprepositionG4314
πάνταpanta
everythingadjectiveG3956
ὠφέλιμόςōphelimos
profitableadjectiveG5624
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ἐπαγγελίανepangelian
the promisenounG1860
ἔχουσαechousa
holdingverbG2192
ζωῆςzōēs
of lifenounG2222
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
νῦνnyn
presentadverbG3568
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τῆςtēs
whicharticleG3588
μελλούσηςmellousēs
is comingverbG3195
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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