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 4:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 4:823 words
ἡhēthe
γὰρgarfor
σωματικὴsōmatikēbodily
γυμνασίαgymnasiaexercise
πρὸςprosto / toward
ὀλίγονoligon+ almost, brief(-ly), few
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
ὠφέλιμοςōphelimosprofit(-able)
ἡhēthe
δὲdeand / but
εὐσέβειαeusebeiagodliness, holiness
πρὸςprosto / toward
πάνταpantaall / every
ὠφέλιμόςōphelimosprofit(-able)
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ἐπαγγελίανepangelianmessage, promise
ἔχουσαechousahave
ζωῆςzōēslife
τῆςtēsthe
νῦνnynhenceforth, + hereafter, of late
καὶkaiand / also
τῆςtēsthe
μελλούσηςmellousēsabout, after that, be
(almost)
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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